I think I am just one of those people who likes everybody to be happy, so when I read what Linda wrote it did make me sad that people felt so strongly about it as to want to pm someone and sort of complain. Of course I realise that folk are different in wanting to join a thread or not. Some people just like to read and glean all the info without taking part, some like to chat and get to know each other etc etc, but I will always try and answer a question even though I have only been on one cruise before. I will google if needs be.
I do know how hard it is to scan through the vast amount of posts as I have from around 5pm Eastern when I go to bed till when I log on again around 3am Eastern to catch up on. That was always a busy time even before the chats started.
So, I wouldn't really want different threads.