I would like to respectfully disagree. You don't have to read or reply to any thread. If you feel obliged, that's your issue, not anyone else's.

I say this as someone who doesn't start a lot of threads I don't think, and who tries to contribute to others, so it's not like I think this applies to me.

I just think that this is a forum for people who may be in varying states of mental anguish or distress. If starting five threads on a forum keeps someone out of a dark hole, then good.

Though maybe I'm watching the wrong forums as I haven't seen anything I think is excessive?