I have a real problem with forcing everything into the PM system.
I think sometimes threads are over run with chit chat and then don't perform the role for which they were set up. On the other hand if we truly are a community then we need a little chit chat to keep us together. On the fasting bloods thread I found it useful when people explained why they had variations in their readings. I appreciate it's hard to get the balance right sometimes. I have been amazed at the inane chatter on some threads (not this one or the fasting BG one) and have given up reading them because of this. But hey this is a support forum, we all need to work together as a body, not against each other.
This is simply my opinion and I am not criticising any individual.
Have a nice day
Edit: I have edited this post twice myself and it has also been edited by a moderator.