I wonder if these threads are less busy on months (like this one) where the 1st is a Friday. For many of us, when this is posted it's already the weekend.
That's not a bad idea. We could do "first Monday of the month", unless it's Jan 1. Any other standard exceptions? I feel like May 1 probably would have counted at one time, but no longer. (It's May 1 today of course.)
I wonder that too. The trouble with changing the rules to try to adapt to that is that each change adds new complexity, which will then cause other people to miss the threads.
