Like I said, the 72 hour rule was just a necessary evil with the old system. Yes, it allowed you to get back on page one every three days, but you never really stayed there long. When you combine everyone else who was bumping unsold knives with all the questions, comments and "I'll take it" replies, it wasn't unreasonable to expect your brand new thread or bump to go to page two in a matter of hours. With all of that now done away with, you can expect your thread to stay on page one for a solid day in even the busiest parts of The Exchange.
And no longer would I consider being on page-three "the depths." Now, if someone only has the opportunity to check the forums every couple of days, they can very quickly and easily catch up on everything they have missed. No thread should ever again be lost in the jumble of bumps.
If the new system just isn't for you, there are a handful of suggestions for how to deal with it.
The easiest is to simply click "Last Reply" at the top of any forum to change the sort order back to the way it was for that session.