Well, that thread is now completely outdated. I've opened threads on Meta about it, I've reported people for writing on the first page, like the third comment without reading the second, and the reports were left unhandled and people don't seem to care much.

The same goes for open threads. If I open one, I look at the replies, but there are cases, like the last one I opened in the gambling section, where overnight there were six pages of replies, so after a second comment I wasn't going to stop to comment on what people had said, especially since I was asking about a personal experience.

But anyway, this thread is very good and hopefully it will raise awareness among some newbies, but the day-to-day running of the forum is another matter.