I'd be responding more but there have been no negative comments or even critique on the suggestion it self. I'll sit back for now since I really can't say much as of now, other than the fact that I did not mean just clan threads. This could also be useful if two marketers wanted to start a partnership, or if two replay makers wanted to specialize in collabs. It could be used for almost anything. Another thing it could tie to are groups, which currently have little to no purpose. For example, someone could make a moderated group that was invite only, and have users from that group be able to edit specific threads assigned to said group.
but yeah, I've seen nothing I can really add to at this point