I think this is closest to what I thought Hanson was trying to say and it was close to what I was hoping people were interpreting his writing as saying. The way other people were interpreting his statements wasn't clear from some comments I've read I thought it was worth checking in to.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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3. Open Threads should be posted in Discussion, and not Main.
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