This site is a typical developer fail. What happens is that companies try to do so much but people want "simple, stupid." This is the key ingredient to Apple's success.
Killing thread view is no surprise. They've tried to do it for years. I have no idea why. Its like there are 10000 stores selling paint but I own the patent on green. Now, green is only liked by 5% of the people but I have a monopoly on it. So what do I do? I become one of the 10000 stores and give up my monopoly on green. End result is that I go to down to less than 1% and at lower margins.
This has been the top PSU site for years. You have to ask yourself why. Clearly the developers didn't. Now, it looks like every other board.
Its OK, I've spent way too much time on this board of the years. Who knows the future but I don't think I will be here much. (I do like the responsive design though).