Kass's threads weren't really a problem. They started to dwindle in numbers, so I don't get why they merged the two threads. If anything, merging the two hindered Kass' store threads, which were pretty similar to the Steam threads "should I buy this game on sale" (or the Steam sale threads, really).
I haven't been in those threads post Kass thread merge because IMO that's when the community got shitty. Carl and... Mortimer were both at the top of my "shitty Sony posters" lists for the handheld and in general when it was a separate hardware thread.
I don't even get the train of thought behind the merge. Mods bitch all the time about wanting new threads for new news and disapproving the creation of megathreads. So let's merge all the Playstation threads together and make... a megathread. :Creepy Stalker
Meanwhile Ninthings still run wild with wanting to make individual threads for every passing thought. Hell, apparently now DLC for Nintendo games and games released on the VC are both important enough to get their own OTs. Like, make up a coherent thread policy and stick with it already.
I didn't really have issue with Kass' previous store threads. Hell, i don't even mind him wanting to do the PSN thread afterwards. I just got bent out of shape cause he didn't talk to a single person who had done the threads previously if we planned on making the new ones (which we were). GAF people in general have this really awful tendency of doing shit without asking to see how people feel about things, mods included.