Since various threads tend to get gummed up by troublesome posts (TPs), by both 1) the TPs and 2) their elicited responses, I thought this thread could serve as a permanent place for 2) all those responses.
So if anyone feels a need to respond (and I do understand) to what they consider a troublesome post, they can post here instead of in the original thread. Of course troublesome posts may still occur in various threads, but if there are no responses in the threads, then the troublesome posters will be left with 2 options: 1) be content with getting little or no responses to the TPs within the direct threads or 2) come to this thread to look for and respond to any responses to their TPs. If followed consistently, this might serve to alleviate the problem within actual issue-based discussions.
Just a thought, and not (totally) serious, but I'm throwing it out there in case it might work.