I hope somebody reads your post! It is very intersting as I know nothing of such things. Seems like it could potentially be a simple solution.
We have long threads because it is a really long discussion (years). It serves as a sort of archive for itself. But I am guessing you meant the "why" to be more like...why if it causes problems, not why do they exist.
There are a few other things like that that don't make a whole lot of sense to me, not just here but other websites, too (like an old news article announcing an event that was over last year, why can it still be googled? Why not get rid of stuff over, say, 90 days old?). One of the other things is, if a memeber is banned for whatever reason, their account still exists. Like, their member profile and everything. Shouldn't the entirety of their profile be deleted? I just assumed it had something to do with how forums work and I just have no knowledge of such things.
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