I turned off both of those options on my forums as well because I didn't see a real need for them.
But... after seeing some threads go to 100+ pages (like the v3Arcade) it becomes evident that threaded views DO have value. I can scan the threads to see which ones interest me MUCH faster than reading through 100+ pages of replies.
I'm still not sure I'll turn them on for my forums, partly because most of the replies aren't threaded now and partly because most threads don't get that long... but I can see a case for using them here.
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