Yes - it is a moderator scheme.
(There is a difference between moderators and Administrators who have the types of rights to change some site administrative items)
Lengthy and informative posts do more harm than good!
Logic and facts are nothing but the devil's tools to sew dissent!

For what it is worth - I'm always logged in too and my only problem is that after a long period of time on any particular thread it reverts back to the 'New Posts' page, it may say that the following threads have not been updated and the ability to go directly to the newest post is not available.

Your concenr has been forwarded to the site Admin's attention.
Hope you can find a solution too.