I take your point. I would say that there are a few advantages - having a place to post things that you thought were interesting on the topic but might not really be threadworthy is one. Another is that people look back through them when posting sometimes, so you'd have a post from eight months ago dug up in the context of current conversation rather than having to go over the same stuff again. It's just convenient in that way.
For example, that "What Isis Really Wants" article I posted in the Paris attacks thread was apparently read for the first time by many and found interesting when I posted it, but it was actually published back in March. Having that stuff in one place has something to be said for it.
Really, that "ISIS seizes Mosul" thread has sort of currently evolved into the "Mass ISIS thread" as it is, but not all of these things are ISIS-related despite the common thread of jihadism.
Anyway, huge thread de-rail.
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