The Best Way to Kill an Active Thread

[Grog]

That's what I do, too. From an administrative perspective, I am curious as to the difference between open, noncycling topics and a way, way off topic topics.

I think the way off-topic ongoing discussions started in the open topic category but eventually became almost chat rooms (see Thread Drift and OT: Australia for examples). Fun places to be in. Just not really a thread in the usual sense.