There are over a dozen direct post responses to the OP of that thread (3 of which are deleted, along with all child comments linking off of them, and 200+ child comments replying to the other 9), and over 2000 comments on the thread (including the deleted comments). Yeah, there are a lot of responses, but without Reddit employees like Ellen Pao or people with similar seniority or authority replying, the answers are just very vague. So I can see a case being made for either keeping the thread open or closing it.