Love the new "Scoopit" buttons on each PA post footer.

obnoxious. that's the word I was looking for. :)

And Russell, if the user is "forced" to open links in a new tab/window, that's not an "option". Personally, I prefer to choose myself when I want to open a link in a new tab, by holding down ctrl in Firefox (or I use shift in IE ).

I sort of consider using "_blank" a little underhanded, like the site trying to hold onto me even though I've decided to click away. ;)