Just been quiet on this topic, as I wanted to see what others had to say before I gave my opinion.
This was how the sightings section was done on our first board home, but when we moved to our second location, dirge actually convinced me not to do it that way, but is now supporting it (shrug)...
Maybe having more members and more sightings now would make it easier to have state-based sightings?
See how the trial goes I guess.
My opinion though, is that the state based sightings only cover the main lines (Animated, Movie, Universe), and people still post sub-lines (like Masterpiece, Titanium, Alts, etc) in their own topics, so that they don't get lost for people looking out for them. We would also need to post more often in the AUS news section, when new items are being found in Australia, so that people don't have to constantly be looking in the sightings section for an upcoming item, or miss it if they weren't watching out for it.