Thread:Talk:Flow/Auto-archiving/reply (71)

"I don't see that as the case".

Then you don't get what we're trying to say. The current design of talk pages deemphasizes answering to off-topic edits made in the middle of a thread, by its pure presentation, with no need of splitting nor re-parenting.

The proposed design emphasizes by default the visibility of such posts, which is exactly the opposite effect, and thus problematic. It requires active administration by administrators/users to keep the thread on-topic, while in the current design we get that for free without the need for user intervention.