[quote=“Sweet Dreams” post=79068]WIth all due respect I honestly don’t understand why this appears to be so misunderstood, since it’s explained in a thread titled “How to… use Our Forum to research or seek assistance” which is pinned to the front page of the forum. It is different than it used to be and not how most forums operate, but is clearly explained in that post.
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Because over the course of the entire history of internet forums, a thread like that is only for noobs to read who don’t understand how to use a forum. Typically, especially for those of us who have used the internet since it was new, we’re used to the standard of having a new topic button in a more general area of the forum instead of being forced to select a specific brand name category to ask a general question about mattresses.
When something is out of the ordinary it’s reasonable that people are going to be left confused after a couple decades of something working fine a certain way.