Not sure what you are talking about sorry. It’s a simple “int manual_ordering” column in database and a new topic list view alongside /latest and /new.
Please don’t judge the needs of other forum users by absence of those needs in your usecases.
Discourse is being positioned far beyond just “discussion” classical forums. It is knowledge base, project management, effort coordination, chats, and god knows what else.
I’m just expressing a need that constantly arises in my communities.