Okay, folks, in order to show willing and take the edge off my previous, perhaps overstated wrath: If it helps, I can - given there's a sufficiently concise plan and some feedback loop in place - offer my services to temporarily(!) help out exclusively with moving threads around and merging them. If we can agree that subject matter should always have presedence, that'd make a very decent starting point. I've done things like that before with some success. However, I want to be able to discuss things if there's any kind of doubt or risk of stepping onto anyone's toes. It's one thing to merge older, defunct threads into current ones, but a completely different matter to close live threads and open up new follow-up ones; I wouldn't want to have to do such a thing if not specifically asked (or instructed) to.
@Kevin and all moderators (and all concerned): Tell me if that's acceptable.
As for the somewhat controversial process/technique-centric threads: There's nothing to prevent us from collecting them as such, maybe even in their own section. For some people (like me), states, modes and methodes are as important as (just to mention it in passing) gear. In some cases, the way in which an image was produced makes it work altogether. I handle my usual "stroll" images differently compared to what I produce when I go out with a specific purpose (and gear to match). But then again, I fully accept that for the viewer, this might not be relevant enough to be of major concern (as some of the comments in this thread make clear). Hence my suggestion to prioritise subject matter.
I'm also still pondering the "collective" threads (or "megathreads") as well. I'm not a friend of them in general (as should have become blindingly obvious by now), but on the other hand, the daily threads during challenges usually work really well (and the 10-day threads in January have done so, too), so there *is* a way to make such eclectic threads run smoothly and productively. I just fear a monthly catch-all thread (albeit way better than an unlimited one) is prone to turning into a rather uninspired collection of quick posts ... so posting there could mean your image becoming nothing but a spark in the fireworks, so to speak.
A thought: Can we take
@Bobby Tingle's idea further and create something like a "best efforts" stream per month - a thread where people post more carefully curated stuff that is impressive in its own right, no matter what genre/technique/subject matter? I could certainly live with that (even though I'd only rarely manage to post there - but I'm okay with that). I admit that this wouldn't solve the problem of having to choose categorised threads for most images, though ... Anyhow, if we could manage to provide enhanced visibility for that thread, it might incite people to post there as often as possible.
Or we take
@Kevin's last tongue-in-cheek remark and create a "What I saw today ..." thread (a new one each month). It doesn't get much more low-key than that ... but it can still be fun, in a way I think the "Show: Random Picture Thread!!!" (note the three exclamation marks) was intended to turn out; we may have misunderstood or misused that one anyway (or some of us might have - me included).
M.