So? You're telling me if, hypothetically, those threads being purged on a regular basis could allow for much less downtime on the forum, you'd rather keep the threads and weather the storm (so to speak)?

Why not just get a chat room? IRC, AIM, whatever the fuck... Those threads are a waste if they're even remotely related to the problems. They're just random blabbing about random things that don't belong in other threads. You know? I've been known to post in them every once in a while, but I could do without them.