The arrows are meant to make it easy to find the start of our programming blocks. They are well under an inch tall on my monitor, in traditional view, so I don't consider them much of a bother. I believe they help more than they hurt.
And, for the record, we're blatantly trying to get you to read all of our stories. But we don't expect you to find them all interesting.
That said, I'm drawing a line. Not a ban, but at least a cornfielding. #cornfield