It's more about usability & personal comfort, imo. Not about what others think... and for sure, others have a great time no doubt, and if that's what they enjoy then more power to them.
I'd just like to come to the Home Page in the morning, and not see 20% to 50% of the immediately available material on the forum initiated by someone whose poasts I'm not interested in.
Let me find the posts I want to be involved with, without having to put my hip-highs on.
I'm right here, dammit. Come on, I only go on me rampages about once a week...If its slow at work.
This is an interesting feature.