I do hope it wasn't too forward to post as a feature request. It seemed like a more appropriate place for the conversation than a "General topics" post.

It also seemed like a recurring theme in the "why are my posts not being approved" responses was "It was borderline and we don't really know when there's consensus or even adequate coverage ensuring all posts are viewed by at least 1 approver, so we let it time out instead."

But, also, the pervasiveness of these threads does seem like more of a recent phenomenon, and mayhaps this too shall pass, like those sex-tagging threads.