That's probably the most salient theory....
The thread by 'Buzz Hog' [where is he now?] was a quip about the 'coming of age of Wincustomize' [one HAD to have a 'listening-to' thread to be a legitimate website].
At a similar vintage I posted the 'People will hit me, but....' which was the same thing, albeit an attempt to liven up the early message board which was in its infancy and not well patronized.
The latter is still around, the former passed into irrelevancy.
As for wading through a long thread....one can jump to its end with the '>>' arrows....[or to the beginning with their opposites].
The old thread needn't have been removed, but also its revival would set an unwanted precedence where the nostalgia value was outweighed by confusion of time-line which happens often even with less aged revivals...