To be prosaic, and determinedly neutral, the reason topics don't sink from view is because someone posts to them. Until yesterday no-one had posted to this one for almost two weeks. Another reason, one which I've never understood, is someone, quite often the topic instigator, posting "refresh." It's your baby I suppose, and you hate to see it sinking into the Mudcat melee...

Topics are like songs. If no-one posts, they sink from view. Songs exist only when someone sings them. The mighty thing about topics and songs is that you can always create a new one. That's by far the best way to "refresh."

Apologies for the cod philosophy...