[Bleys]

That's this hack correct? I wonder if you can set the no bumping to 0 days... otherwise it won't really accomplish what I am after.

Without saying exactly what I am after, this example works approximately the same: Say I run a site where people can post classified-ad type posts. I'd like them to stay in the order they were posted so that each post gets as close to equal exposure as possible.

Anyway, I'll check out this hack. Thanks for the recommendation. (Though I don't really want to make it more difficult for people to make replies, I just don't want them to move threads back up to the top of the thread listing... so not sure if this bit about having to check a box to make your reply will quite what I am looking for.)