The fact that a mod or admin hasn't shutdown this thread, or at least said something in it, is odd.
Not surprising at all.
With that said, though...
I’ve been following it. The tough part for me is that I don’t want to punish people for using the off topic forum, when that’s what it’s for. Personally, I think the whole off topic forum should go away, but that’s just me.
Why? Having a place where people can shoot the shit is a mainstay of many forums out there; I mean, unless it's for a very specific niche, I would say it's almost impossible to find a forum out there that doesn't have a section of this sort. Why is there a need to remove the option here? If it's a thought merely for the sake of avoiding a problem, then that's not the way to be an admin/mod.
Granted, I will agree with you in that this is the "off topic" forum, so I too feel anyone can make a topic out of anything...within reason, obviously. Most if not all of
seether's previous posts fit in here. Were they worthwhile topics? Eye of the beholder, as they say. I will sound like a broken record, but if you don't like a topic, then just ignore it and move on to the next—and that has been the problem here, it's essentially the forum version of YouTube.
All of this is a non-issue, really, it's gotten to the point it is right now because some simply don't like a member and basically try to shut down everything he does. Even when he tries to contribute, as I mentioned elsewhere, he gets rebuked, ridiculed even. In all honesty, if you get trolled, then that's on you. I value my time, so I just can't fathom how one would simply squander it away arguing with someone that's probably on the other side of the world laughing it out loud at your expense.