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When you have to collapse a dozen worthless discussion trees to find one that is actually discussing the topic instead of spamming lame reddit narwhal memes, I think it's fair to call the discussion derailed.


Compared to scrolling through a dozen pages of users arguing over the same first comment topic?

Maybe it's better to say "it's easier to mute de-railings" then say it is prevented. one or two clicks compared to a dozen page loads and scrollings.


Point is, linear boards like phpBB can't even support threads this large - without the tree, a thread goes to shit the moment someone posts a lame meme.




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