Originally Posted by tore

I generally don't think you should make a thread unless you have some argument or question or something else a little specific that you wanna bring up.

These posts could just as well be in the spam thread. Without specifics to discuss, people don't stay on topic. When threads don't stay on topic, much of MB turns into this more or less homogenous soup of general, slightly bitter banter punctuated by light jabs from Batlord. There's a place for that, but on-topic discussions are cool too.