Welcome out of lurking. as I say, I'm waving hello from a safe personal distance near Seattle
It does sound like you go through the digest, I come to the site and pick and choose the threads and I skip whole sections of things. It's funny that I love word games and such and I just don't even go there here...
I think its wonderful that the world of quilting can contain so many wonderful people doing very different things at different skill levels and for different reasons, but we all have only so much time and interest ourselves. For me, a forum is like a newspaper in the old days. I sit here with my cup of coffee and browse the headlines, turning the pages until something interests me. And then coffee break is over. Still, I drink way too much coffee!