Brad, having participated in many forums over the years on many formats (Yahoo Groups, DC Comic message boards, boards done in the EZBoard format, the various previous Wacky board incarnations, etc.), the only one I ever saw that did not automatically put the poster to the bottom of the thread after they posted was Greg's and the Delphi engine before that. As you noted, that format was dated from the late 90's. This board is very much in line in behavior, functionality and look to more current, present day message board paradigms. I think what you have set up here is winner - it is just going to take some folks a little time to adjust to the differences. In the long run, I think they will find out how to navigate here and will adjust.