but i think i disagree with the slashdot bit. im rather comfortable with the way it is now.

The problem is, a LOT of posts on this BBS digress into tangents, and it'd be nice to follow each tangent separately. Don't get me wrong, a majority of the wisdom here is a direct result of those tangents, so I'm not saying they're a bad thing. But it'd be nice if you could follow each separately, and even follow (gasp!) the original point of the thread as well. Nested mode allows you to do this.

And yeah, making any positive comparison to Slashdot definitely gave me pause when I posted it... But really it is a good system, and I've seen it used successfully on other forums as well. Heck, I think RioCar.org's comments facility uses nested comments.