Thanks for this thread Sum Off.

This is what I feel about the changes:

(1) There are some clinks to be worked out. Some of the ads overlap the thread section unless you expand all threads. The home page does not display correctly on some platforms (I have informed San bro about this separately)

(2) I think this is a great start but we probably need some more sections. My suggestions would be:

- Politics & International Affairs
- Business & Finance
- Sports
- Travel


(3) If these changes and any others that people suggest can be accomplished, in my opinion, and I know many might disagree, this is a monumental change in Sajha's history. If improvements can be made and San and stick to this format, this is a  tectonic shift in terms of how content is presented. I feel the last-update-gets-top-slot policy can work both ways and displaying content by group is a compromise between direct positive discrimination by an Admin or Editor where he or she chooses what to feature on the front page and 100% user driven display of content.

(4) If this is done right, for the first time in my memory, Sajha will have content organized by interest group and no one interest group will be able to dominate the front page just because they have the most posts or the most enthusiastic posters. As long as these interest groups (e.g Politics, Guf suf, Business, Music etc) are broadly representative of the larger interests in society, I think this is a more equitable distribution of real estate on the front page. Sajha is a site that I feel has both the intent and the means to encompass a diverse range of people and interests and giving structure to the content is a right step in that direction IMHO.

(5) At the least, this is a good experiment if it can generate good and constructive debate on the changes and new ideas can flow out of it. Maybe the present format is not the best but I am curious if people have ideas about how to better organize content and deal with the front page getting overloaded by threads related to only one type of interest.

Just my thoughts.

Last, but not least, and this is not a slight towards those who didnt't like the change, as I am sure there might be many, I want to congratulate San bro. I have been a keen observer of changes to the site and this is by far the boldest of them. I don't know if it will work, and you will probably receive much heat for it, but I admire your courage in at least trying out a new direction. Rock the boat baby! he he