1. They're boring. 2. It aims at being clever but fails. 3. They're annoying. 4. Not that many posters post in them. 5. This thread is a prime example.
I too once looked askance at spinoff threads and those who'd start them. Then one drunken night I tried it..... Now I consider it an Artform. It's like the "Call And Response" in Ole Negro Spirituals and Cotton Picking Songs
I wonder what was the most successful spinoff thread ever? And have any spinoffs eclipsed the original thread? Someone get on that please....
Too loud, too messy. I buy Super Glue by the gallon; works really good, but be sure and get the fast drying kind