Cute, but unlikely. Sometimes it's tough to fight nature and my gut says it's a bug. Albeit a minor bug. Who knows if it's done this way by design or not. They claim it is, but the explanation is confusing to me.

if it really is by design, it shouldn't be labelled "threshold"

Apparently they don't want people discussing this as the thread on the Nomad Factory/Plugivery forum has been locked.
 
http://forums.plugivery.com/index.php?s=bca22416c2596993760bc407b5af0c4e&showtopic=142868
 
With the following link, it's an overview of the forum threads, and the one titled "Blue Tubes Expander Gate Gx622" has a small red "X" to the left indicating it's locked. 
http://forums.plugivery.com/index.php?showforum=28
 
 Bummer

Anderton

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Anderton
Well, does it really matter all that much? Usually I make these settings by ear. The control could be uncalibrated and it wouldn't make any significant difference in how I use it.

really??
it matters because the user feedback is wrong - congratulations on your fantastic ear(s)
i'd expect nf to fix this

I didn't ask whether it should or shouldn't be fixed. I asked whether the calibration really matters or not, and instead I get a snarky answer about my "fantastic ears."

"snark" in response to glib "does it really matter" - new users won't have the experienced ears that come over time
 
so yeah, "snark"
 
 

Well to be fair, I did say "Does it really matter all that much." If it didn't matter at all, the subject wouldn't have been broached. I just really wondered if it mattered all that much. I don't know anyone who adjusts noise gates by the numbers, but if I'm ignorant about some useful technique, I want to know about it.