franny From your green coding, it can be seen that you are new to AnswerBank. You will notice that each "page" contains 20 postings and those most recent occupy the front page and attract more attention.
You have (at the last count) 7 of these 20 postings on the front page, when they could all have been listed in ONE posting. Hence, SIX postings have been unnecessarily displaced from the front page and away from prime spot.
This is to explain why some ABers are getting heated - and rightly so.
This point aside, you are setting some interesting questions - and "Welcome to AnswerBank"!