Another thing to remember:
Most forumers IGNORE stickies.

Previously in Gamers Hideout, we used to pin up threads for games that were hot at the time. This was to stop ppl from constantly reposting threads about the same game just because that thread hit page 2.

Therefore, we pinned those threads up and guess what?

More threads started popping up as they thought that the original thread went missing... Totally ignoring the fact that it was the first thread in the list simply because it had the word [PINNED] in front.

So, unless ppl actually reading stickies, this wouldn't work... And that's about as likely as ppl start using searches.