I think that the format here is more conducive to learning than the other format, which allows people not to read certain posts. With the Mudcat format, you see everything that people have written, and though there is some amount of thread creep, there is also a lot of good info in the posts. When participating in forums with the other format, I have noticed that sometimes it is easy to miss a post, especially if it is a very long thread. That problem doesn't exist here.

The only advantage I can see to the other format is that you can post in response to each specific post. One bad thing about the Mudcat format is that if you don't notice a cool thread until it's 50 or 60 posts long, it's very difficult to reply to earlier posts.

Peace--Keli