I can agree with that, but I think that’s how they have always done it. In any case, if you log into the forums, you can easily see new blue posts under the blizzard tracker.
About the Uliani monk, I don’t know if that’s a common issue with Uliani monk. I haven’t played it in years.
I’m not implying that I can’t see the stickied posts there, but there is nothing in the title that indicates that a change/patch was made. It looks like the initial announcement sticky.