Originally posted by Reshma.
If anyone says they didn't 'notice' a sticky topic and where else should we put it.
To tell you the truth, people notice it better if it is a current unsticky thread on page 1. Trust me...I have been viewbie of this forum in the past and a regular member here for almost 5 years now. When I open CID forum page, my eyes first go to the middle of page 1, where the regular threads start...to see if there's something new or anything exciting happening. I am sure most of the people do the same...if there's a new topic on page 1, they immediately open it. Otherwise they just skip it. Many don't even visit page 2 of the forum.
A sticky thread remains there like the WUs so people don't bother to open it and check what's in there. Plus there were too many stickies of late...like Forum Responsibilities, Active members thread etc, which have been there for so long that it becomes boring to see them everyday. If the Poem Contest thread is sandwiched in the midst of these, they won't be noticeable. I am sure the CIDian Idol will suffer the same issue and its rating will also be poor, just because people won't notice it.
This is precisely the reason I PMed Shreya and some of you...asking you to reduce the number of Stickies. I hope my post is taken in the right spirit.