Not much I can add to what has already been said. If you are not interested in a topic, then don't read it .
Yes, there is a lot of posting that I find completely irrelevant, such as the speculation about 'Stern's next Pin' or JJP , but I don't read it cause I couldn't care less about it .
I think the mods would be making a huge amount of work for themselves trying to police what is posted here . The 'mark as read' is my most used option .
I too would like to see more resto threads but this is a hobby for most of us and life/other priorities often gets in the way of allowing time for pinball restoration, unfortunately .