Is there a particular reason that this forum doesn't use the "goes to top of page when posted on" mechanic that's used in many other popular forums?
Because (as far as I know) the back-end software doesn't support it, and implementing it is developer time. It would probably be easier to have an additional box on the right that points to the most recent post of each of "open_thread", "quotes", "media_thread" etc. tags.
(ETA: I've submitted an feature request)
It annoys me that there's no way to sticky a thread in the discussion section.
Therefore, I propose creating an LW wiki page called "Stickies", where sticky-worthy threads would be linked to. Would that be acceptable?
These are the threads I'm planning to add:
ETA: Following a tip-off by peaigr, I re-purposed the Special Threads wiki page for this. (The stickies are in the 'periodic threads' section.) Now if there were a way to make this page more conspicuous...
Meanwhile, dbaupp has submitted a feature request.