My opinion is (and you know about opionions - everyone has one along with another bodily feature, LOL) that with everyhing on one thread, it's easier to keep up with the flow of information, opinion, links, etc. Some of the other bulletin boards you have to spend a lot of time jumping from one thread to another to keep up. Just my opinion, tho...
In any event, I think my thread starting days are pretty much over. Of the last two I started, one got zotted. And on the other, I ended up with several test patterns and one Time Tunnel in the various replies. There was also a "WTF?" in the keyword section.