As we all know, franksolich has the best interests of the primitives at heart, and this actually makes things more difficult for the primitives, when they post things in "General Discussion" instead of the appropriate sub-forums.
There should be no doubt why the primitives do this, posting mental health, automotive, sports, cooking and baking, editorial, diet, exercise, poverty, civil rights, drugs, conspiracy, deaf and hard of hearing, &c., &c., &c., issues in "General Discussion" rather than in forums where these issues belong.
Primitives want to be seen hanging around the cool, the hip, the trendy, the with-it, primitives, and have this idea "General Discussion" is where it's at.
Sometimes "General Discussion" gets so jammed with topics not "general," it seems my fellow alum Skins might as well do away with all the other forums, and just have "General Discussion" as the whole of Skins's island.
It's like ploughing through a sewer, looking at "General Discussion," trying to find the good pieces.
I've suggested in the past that Skins allow primitives to post only in certain forums, such as Pedro Picasso only in the conspiracy forum, or the subway cat only in the mental health forum, or Mrs. Alfred Packer only in the cooking and baking forum, so as to encourage use of the appropriate forums.
Skins is notorious for his unfulfilled obsession with, desire for, order and control, and I'm truly surprised he hasn't done this, tidying up Skins's island.