The suggestion of a manure pile was as an alternative to existing deletions that take place. Rather than deleting entire threads that may contain some useful data when cleaning house so user Searches return more refined results... these lesser posts could be moved to a sanctuary where they can be referenced without frustrating users who don't want to wad through all the off-topic chatter.
However, a Manure pile is designed to dissuade users from useless posts, by having their posts immortalized for everyone to read, rather than having them silently deleted.
- Raccoon
