Thank you to Alex, for expanding/rearranging.
New forum has not been hard for me to find in the index, or adjust my seeking pattern to-most transitions are difficult for me to navigate, just not this one.
Imagine WP as a municipality, whose size has increased vastly, especially recently. Just a comparison, not literal. Population was 2,000 (2 short years ago), like a small town. Now, it's almost 11,000, like a small city.
Town might only need so many businesses or cultural outlets, one each of a library, post office, grocery store, nursery school, restaurant.
City has increasing demands made upon services, new groups & buildings called for: another grocery store (perhaps a healthfood co-op), a senior center, more low-income housing, maybe even another p.o. because of greater population.
In other words, the structure & subforums that WP began with were sufficient to the needs of the members. Then, as membership increased, additional sections were requested because the existing options were insufficient. Makes sense to me.
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