Just wanted to suggest to anyone who needs to rip through BBS posts quickly: Flat mode is your friend.

If you're on a high-speed connection, you can set your profile to do flat mode, plus have it show 99 posts at once (the maximum allowed setting). This lets you read threads very fast with a minimum of clicking.

Just remember to reply to the appropriate post so that those who still read things threaded will see your reply in the proper place.