Because there were two distinct forms of posts being made in the speakeasy and people who cared about one don't necessary care about the other.
It could just as validly be asked what is it hurting by separating them? What it's gaining is that people who don't care about whatever article you found interesting enough to post but not actually talk about can exclude those posts if they prefer to while still being able to see actual discussions around topics that are brought up.
I was pretty clear on that. When the OP has nothing to contribute beyond the article itself it goes in the Current Events because it's not really a discussion item it's a free for all. A discussion requires at least one actual perspective, not the untended seed of one.
Because clearly there's a whole history of me completely ignoring user input. Don't let let silly little facts like this change itself being due to user input inconvenience you though, go right ahead extolling how horribly ignored you are and inflexible I am because everyone can't have their way simultaneously.
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