[quote=@BrokenPromise]
<Snipped quote by Izurich>

Vent threads are banned FYI.

But a venting thread is like a poster, where a status bar is more like a chat overlay in an MMO that has no permanent off button. I can ignore a poster easily enough. A chat overlay on the other hand pushes anything interesting off the front page as soon as a flame war breaks out. I don't find them similar at all.
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I know, hence:

[quote=@Izurich]
That’s why I put quotation marks on “venting” because it’s such a hilariously obvious troll attempt for attention if someone makes them nowadays. 
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Also pretty much this:

[quote=@SleepingSilence]
And getting rid of a site tool that [b]can[/b] be used for its intended well-meaning purposes, as the post admits to. Sounds like punishing people for the actions of a few. Instead of simply [b]ya know[/b], punishing the few.
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And I know it's a pipe dream, but if people would just [i]stop feeding the troll,[/i] they'll fade away on their own, what they want is your attention and some people are giving them [i]exactly what they want.[/i]