I'm going to try implementing it, and we'll see if it takes off.
It would really depend on how people use it.
Admin, maybe you just need a new hairdo??? :) :) :) That's what my daughter does when she's bored :) :) :)
Since the beginning of the new year, we had 472 new user users registered on the board. 230 of those users made at least one post.
That's in 13 days.
It breaks down to around 17 new people (who made at least one post) per day on average. In addition to 19 people per day who haven't yet posted, but can "finally get the courage" to do so at any moment.
82 of those new users made at least 5 posts. Which makes it around 6 new (non-accidental) posters per day on average.
Pretty soon, it will get to a point where so many new threads are started that it would be close to impossible to keep track of things using just the recent topics listing.
So I'm simply exploring the alternatives.
I'm thinking about how things would work 6 months from now, or a year from now.