Threaded discussion is ultimately too complex to survive on the public Internet?

Well said; this is also answerable by mentally substituting

  • I need lots of threads

with

  • I need lots of related topics

Which is absolutely supported and even encouraged in Discourse. Want 20 different tangents? Branch off 20 related topics and have at it.

The difference is that topics have unique URLs and titles that help people find what they are looking for. Heavily threaded conversations in comparison are like an unsearchable, chaotic ball of spaghetti.

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