jordoo
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a lot of people prefer topic view because it is "neater" to look it, and it is also egalitarian - it forces you (or at least encourages you) to read every post in a thread.
with thread view, you can self-edit and skip posts by posters you would prefer not to read, and sub-threads that have either gone off topic or have rambled off into a point of minutiae that holds no interest for you. while aesthetically unpleasing, it is organizationally superior. And, as RF pointed out, at the last two stops for this board, individual members had the option of choosing between thread and topic view, so you could keep your preferred "look and feel" while others could have their own.
As long as the board appears with each thread as one line where you have to click to drop down the thread view I would prefer that to what we have. If they all come up maximized in thread view it takes forever to scroll through. I do agree with your point about organization and making it easier for people to skip that which they prefer not to read.