Your reasoning for keeping these threads open is purely because it benefits you. Start looking at it with an open mind.

On the other side of things, people who haven't done anything wrong and don't get work because of the threads won't be happy either.

You do get a full story from the threads? How do you know who is lying and who is not? Honestly, how can I take you seriously when you seem to rely purely on a random forum thread as to whether you hire someone or not. A lot of the time people won't even have a dedicated 'testimonial' thread about them.

What if the thread is closed? If we'd of kept the Jordan / carmen thread open it would have gone round in circles, both parties thought they were in the right, how can we judge who was truthful?

I can't give you an example because I don't know who is guilty and who is not. This is the internet, someone can appear to be the most reliable person ever when infact they are totally the opposite. Surely the iTrader of someone who has 18 positive ratings and 5 negative gives you a better idea of them compared to a single thread that shows two people giving their side of a story.

It doesn't work because we use iTrader, which does work and has done for a long time, hence why a lot of other forums use it.