Unfortunately these forums, because they are so small, creates many threads that are very disjointed and hard to follow. Usually you need to look at multiple threads to get some sort of connection with various news going on lately.
A popular thread "Everything we know about FFXV" has fallen away from the front page and various new threads popping up have buried it past where no one will bother to look any more.
If we had a bigger community, keeping the forum in order would be a bigger deal, but because there are only a handful of us that post on here frequently, there isn't much need for moderation in general, let alone for what should/shouldn't be made into a thread.
You can expect someone to make a thread for the next Active Time Report. These threads are often created like news updates on a website (like Nova Crystallis). And, while there is a section on the forums for those updates, sometimes other news sites post stuff as well, and so there's no place to immediately talk about it on the forums, so its easier to just post a new thread for people.