For me, the old saying "if it aint broke don't fix it" springs to mind, so as others have said, leave it as it is  

If a particular thread or topic doesn't interest me i don't read it, often i'll log in and go straight to the unread threads, and tick off and hit the 'mark as read' button for  the ones i have little or no interest in. Nice n easy.

Another thing, i find this forum much more user friendly than any of the others i have been a part of, much easier to navigate