Update 1 -
In the comments there was a suggestion that we, in the community create our own open thread diaries - so, as an experiment, here goes - feel free to take the discussion anywhere.
As open thread used to say - "Jibber Jabber"
Warning - this is my first meta diary. It might be a little short, and perhaps would be better as a comment in an open thread, but as the title suggests, there just aren't a whole lot of open threads around.
So
If I can humbly make a request to Kos and the powers that be on this site.
It seems that there has been a general reduction of open threads over the last few months. When I first joined the site (I think in 2004) it seems like there was an open thread started every few hours. It was a great place to put quick hit comments, alert the community to interesting articles, and other stuff.
For example, if there was an open thread, I would put in a comment about Al Gore's OP-Ed column in today's NY Times. But, as I go through the page, the last open thread was last night's diary rescue.
The article is worth a read, but not really worth a diary on its own.
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