And people said they (management) weren't taking any notice.
"We're making a number of UI improvements to our forum pages. One example is the forum page- the list of topics in a particular forum. As you can see in the attached example, you'll now see the original topic author in the right corner of each topic, as well as a direct link to the last reply post.
Icons also indicate whether the topic has been closed, featured, and/or shortcut.
You'll see this as part of our October update (on or around October 5th)."