I don't agree with your assessment that the Pinside off topic problem is as big a problem as you contend it is.
There is a certain amount of fun and levity that can be generated when a brief branch is placed in the middle of an otherwise heavy topic.
Not everyone here is looking for information at a journalistic level. Some of us are just here to have... fun.
Also, sometimes, semantics matter as people often really don't understand the true meaning of a word - like scam - for example.
This seems appropriate now:
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