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It might be generally useful to be able to ignore or hide a thread where the subject is of no interest to you personally or in the case of Off Topic where the contents are to some degree offensive or irksome.
That way when you go to a board the items which are of most interest will instantly pop to the front of view.
Some people have no interest in things like parody threads or memorial threads and being able to make them vanish may make the boards more lively and fluid because what may be at the top of one persons board list may not be the same as everyone else.
It might also help with things like threads where there is obvious friction because if you clicked on the option you would have to unclick it again to get drawn back into whatever veil of woe had caused you to click it away in disgust.
That might provide a cooling off barrier help people get along better.