At first I thought you were just another person complaining about how many boards we have for the billionth time. But this I actually agree with, new threads generate a lot more posts, even old threads that get bumped and become new to people who haven't seen them before.
The reason TC gets more traffic than /Bun/ is becuase of the spread out boards, and I think the same holds true for threads. but of course, you'll have plenty of people who claim they like having only 20 posts a day throughout the site.

http://tohno-chan.com/ot/res/16448.html
I've always thought this thread was full of posts that could have worked well as their own threads.

That said, I like the current format for /an/ with one thread per anime (even if it does lead to some fighting about how the threads are made) it would be annoying if someone made a thread on that board for every stupid thought that crossed their mind. You'd have a flood of 2 or 3 post crappy threads as decent threads get pushed off to die becuase of it. it would be like 4chan.
Other boards might benefit from more new threads more often, but /an/ has a decent front page rotation of threads in my opinion. unlike other boards, if someone wants to comment on a current anime they'll go look for the thread and post in it. No one looks past the first page very often on other boards.

I fucking love Maka

The daily report thread is one of the most popular threads we have and it's way better than having every person make a brand new thread for what happened to them each day. We have a fine system right now, which is some super-threads and occasional topics, which would fit in the super thread, but are made into their own thread.

You're just reiterating what we already have in place. Catch-all threads are nice because they allow people who don't want to make their own "ALL ABOUT ME LOL" thread to contribute to the site in a meaningful way.

It's not like we're approaching /bun/ status, anyway; we're cruising right along just fine. I don't get why you think this needs iterating.

>>3658
Given that the users actually want to clog up the boards with selfcentered, single purpose threads, that is.

I'll use myself as an example:
I would never dream of posting anything resembling a blog post anywhere but in a general thread for everyone; that's why I made the first daily report thread. Neither would I feel like making my health the centerpiece of a thread, that's why I encouraged the making of the mental health thread - props to anon-kun for making it.

It would be pointless to strive for a given ideal in the functioning of an imageboard, when it doesn't fit the general mannerism of the userbase. Of course I'm just one user, I'm not implying that I'm typical.

>>3661
>>3662
Why do you guys assume new threads would all be blogging threads for attention?

>>3663
I don't. I'm just running by what the OP wrote. His examples are his only arguments against general threads, aside from making a super scary comparison with Bun. Like it or not, general threads are the lifeline of any imageboard.