No, I, along with many many guests, go far back into the older topics.
[logic]Some of the older posts are quite interesting/helpful/entertaining, but people can't give full recognition because of the grave-digging rule.
Also, what's useful/entertaining is a complete matter of opinion.
Finally; Ry and Co. are trying to get Worldscape more renown, and with that - more players. The community may be small now, but there may be a rather large influx of new players, therefore making a bump feature not so irrelevant.[/logic]