I don't agree with much of what Marion posts (politically), but he's spot on here. I can cope with the expand/collapse feature (I can just click 'expand all' as a workaround), but the threads to the top thing is just too confusing.
I primarily use this site these days for County news, and this feature makes it very difficult to see who has started the latest threads. The admins can do what they like - having helped run the board previously, I know it's a lot of hard work, and I salute them for that - but I just can't see myself using it anymore if this format remains the same. A shame, but the new format just doesn't work for me - sorry.