I hear you Pat.
The designers have taken a decision to do it this way, and they will have more data on why they chose to do it this way. They could put twenty links in there. But there is a playoff between simplicity and options. You could say perhaps its the difference between Apple and Android. Perhaps their data shows few people clicked on the Threads link. I too like the Threads link and can put it there with a paid add-on.
Some people dislike the software because there are options. Others dislike the software because there are too few options.
This is an example from the Xenforo site of their popup:
Maybe there are some more options now that let you put Resources, Solutions etc in there.
Is the profile banner a new thing? Can't remember if it was there before. I am referring to the image, like shown in the above image.