but must say i don't understand why..
if what bothers advance friendsis that old post are bump to the head of the list - i'm sure you can make a filter that arrange the topic by the date that they have made, and not by the last change. (js89 - by your post of the DNS issue i can tell it's not a strange area for you)...
it's a forum. new members read old posts, and i think if they are appreciate TR the fair thing is to thank the member that made an effort.
i'm advance member at pattaya addict (by the name pitter1.temp) and made my donations (by posts and by money), and if it wasn't so fun for me to read all this - i would just ask the forum admin to acknowledge that (seem's reasonable to me), instead of bother you guys...