Great points, Magglepuss; but, I personally think the segregation of the Q thread has served us well.
Other than a few trolls, we do not waste time debating the position of Q in the Trump universe.
Nor do we have to explain the significance of observations as they relate to Q. For example, if I say: “AS 187”, everyone here knows the meaning and the background story. (Or newbies can easily check resources at the top of the thread.)
We have here people who are sort of specialists in certain Q topics because of their interests or experience. Many of us have an instinct who to ping to possibly bounce a specific idea or question.
In other words, we have a much more concentrated subculture than if FReeQs were constantly engaged with the general FR all the time.
Yes, there are downsides to the segregation, and some of us (ahem, Bagster) actually like to argue with the uninformed or willfully ignorant ... but IMO we may be better served with the way things are run. Personally, I appreciate that overt trolls are usually shooed away from our thread fairly promptly, as I find the trolls boring and not worth my time.
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