But there are other elements which can be interacted with in that region of the topics list:
- Tags appear below the title - linking to the tag not the post
- … soon the category will too
- Topics which were started by pasting a URL into the title also include a direct link
If the goal is to use mouseover to imply ‘this is a big button’ then there are going to be areas where said mouseover is triggered, but the user won’t end up at the topic when they click.
There’s no parity for mobile either, due to the lack of mouseover.