Some of you consider the permanent open thread a failure. Yet it still gets a serious level of activity. It's not useless, but it's not living up to its potential.
Any thoughts on how we could fix it?
Update: Here's a thought. What if, instead of turning over at 250 comments, we turn over, say every 12 hours? Or 8 hours if they start getting big?
Also, what if they were still automatically generated, but they looked like regular posts, and fell down the page as new content was subsequently added? So it wouldn't live perpetually at the top of the page. Do you guys think that would be worth trying?