I feel the same way and was thinking about posting something about this. If I wanted to continue reading the same posts day after day, I'd opt in to receive email updates (which I finally found that option). So if I see the same items under "busiest threads", I keep going because I don't want to have to scroll through 50+ pages to see what the latest comments are. Some of them I'd like to read but not going to search to where I left off.
Someone else posted about finding the daily digest link but I can't find it.
Bottom line....I used to spend about an hour or more going through all the things happening on this site. Now, I probably spend about 10-15 minutes at the most trying to see what's happening.
I really love this site so will stick with it but it's not a big deal to me anymore. I hope these bugs get worked out.