Which is significantly more than a thread with only 12 replies in total. Many topics don’t even get 90 replies. And most of the earlier threads had more users. Dual Spec.. please? had over 3 hundred users. People have dropped out over time after they said all they had to say on the topic. And some people don’t post but just click like. The original post on that thread got more likes than users. But yes nothing on the forum proves anything about what the players as a whole think about any topic. Even the threads on the problems of low pop dead or dying realms don’t prove that lots of the players are having problems with low pop dead and dying realms.
But I do discuss this in guild and in lfg chat. Just to say something like I wish there was dual spec or I’d heal that dungeon if there was dual spec but I’m not going to respec to do it or I don’t do arenas because I can’t afford the respec cost. When I do never has anyone said they don’t want it and usually some will agree. In comparison I also sometimes mention adding the lfd and some people will argue against that and some will agree.
In the end though all the long threads show is that there is a lot of interest and imo blizzard should add it to one of their surveys to get an idea of what the larger player base thinks about it.