Why were these two threads merged?

Two threads started by **Le Jac **seem to be merged.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13943553&postcount=234

Le Jacquelope focuses exclusively on two topics (outsourcing and women) and in the past, whenever one of his threads has slipped down the page or not gotten enough responses, he’s opened a new thread and started all over again. His threads are now being merged so they don’t take up too much real estate.

Oops! I missed Miller’s post.
Wow, thanks for the quick reply.