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There are points in favor of this, but doing away with Open Threads altogether doesn't seem optimal. Open Threads have a lower barrier-to-entry and were the first things I had the courage to post in when first coming to this site. And some things in the open thread just aren't interesting enough for their own thread. A question that can be answered in two posts doesn't need its own thread.
Why do things have to pass a lower standard of being interesting for the Open thread than for Discussion. Can't we simply have the same standard in discussion?
It's not necessarily a case of having a lower standard. As I said, a question with an immediate answer (and thus no discussion) doesn't make for an interesting discussion thread.