Honestly, because we already have several forums, including a 'How To' section. But instead of having to answer the same questions over and over, we can choose the ones that we feel are most important to newcomers (like how to post photos, for example) and make the answers really easy to find.
Being able to "stick" a topic to the top of a folder is a helpful moderator tool. We don't plan to abuse this feature; there are very few threads that will get stuck to the top of a folder. I don't think it will be difficult to just skip over them. As was said earlier, after a little while, you won't even see them.
Oh, and in case you were worried about the front page not updating properly, the stuck threads don't show on the main front page. You'll always be able to see what the most recent active topic is when you first come to the MB -- the stuck threads won't impact that at all.
Hope that helps,
Kathy
