@amWhy: Just thought I'd tell you what I currently think; the mods have to act impartially, and now and then their notion of fairness may differ slightly from ours, but I doubt they ever intend to slight or ignore the good users. For instance just a while back I asked one of them about something and didn't get a response, and it turned out that he simply missed it. Similarly I'm half uncertain whether to contribute my votes in this issue because anything I do could be perceived as bias. =)
How are you now by the way? I hope you're feeling better!
@Mithrandir It kind of looks like they're listed alphabetically, not necessarily in terms of frequent posts (although the all-purpose Mathematics chat tends to appear first. I've wondered about that too. Now I tend to look at my chat profile, to see rooms I'm in, and rooms I'm frequently am in (in those cases where my tabs get deleted.)
The conflict between the discrete and the continuous: Grandmother has bought three potatoes and must divide them equally between two grandsons. How is she to do it?