Thread:Feedback/"Started by" column unnecessary/Gmaxwell

I'm of the view that it expresses a kind of ownership of the thread, that it would encourage reading threads by a subset of people regardless of the worth of their content... So, I don't think it's a worthwhile thing, but you knew that. :)

It might be useful to be able to search by author— but you wouldn't want to limit such searches to the thread starter.