Originally Posted by cAAl
The benefit would be the increased visibility of important and consequential threads. It would be much easier to scan FlyerTalk's new posts and hone in on the ones that the community considers to be of particular value. Maybe it's a thread discussing an eye-popping fare. Maybe it's a thread pointing the way to easily and inexpensively pick up a bunch of frequent flyer miles. Whatever the case, it would be just one more tool that might help separate the important posts from the trivial.
Well, since ScottC's request apparently fell on deaf ears already, I might as well comment (my personal opinion only):
I agree that that is the idea of the tool in principle, and I can see it being useful for that, in theory.
However, in my personal opinion, this thread (and the two other threads which had to be closed) show that the potential for abuse and disputes over it outweigh the potential benefit described above.