Hello. I am somewhat newbie, but have done a couple other bds.
My opinions on this:
I was made to feel welcome here just recently (esp. chrissy gal) and I love the conversations and setup of this bd. I am not trying to impose changes here, just some suggestions and observations that I hope can help a little. Even I agree that it gets frustrating.

1. It seems to me (during the last few weeks), that SOME newbies (usually 1st posting) jump right in and start 3 threads, mostly old topics, so Apparently, they have not bothered to read anything before posting. It seems like a mad rush to be heard and have people respond to what they are saying (Listen to me! Listen to me!), but the hypocrisy is that THEY have not heard anyone else yet and then get disappointed that no one is paying attention to them. No wonder this is VERY ANNOYING to the group (even me!). It's inconsiderate. HOW can one not notice the msg on the 1st page that says "EVERYONE PLEASE READ"? I did! But apparently people still aren't noticing this enough. So, it seems these are the main offenders. But there's also new threads that Are new topics. Solutions: 1. no one replies or 2. we can (and have)take turns nicely welcoming them, but suggesting they read the rules to get more responses. You could even start a "form letter" for this to take up less time.
2. I think that if poster could make some of their thread subject lines a little more generalized, it would be more obvious to newbies. This becomes more of a problem when one topic turns into another farther down the thread and the subject lines are not changed accordingly. I read 2 threads recently that both morphed into "voting strategy" near the bottoms, but no one used that term. (Breezy and some others already do this). I didn't know where to post. Lahela mentions something similar in her .02 msg on this thread.
3. I like infinite's suggestion for folders. I suggested that too but was told the program couldn't technically do that. It's too bad that it's not possible to also post another "Please note" at the top with the Dupl.Thread rules.

Angelfood