> I'd say that when terms are used that don't generally correspond to how most of the internet web forums use terms..

this is true but we are so ancient that when the first monk build the monastery there was not a standard and, incredibly the rest of the world has choosen other names, fancy icons and other ways.

By other hand there is a huge amount of infos about the site usage and many veterans that can and actually help newcomers.

About best nodes first instead of chronological order I dont like it and i have disabled it. But this is, if I recall it correctly, the default visualization for non-logged in users. This was done recently to help newcomers to immediately have best answers highlighted and to prevent garbage to be visible upper in the thread.

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