Threads about a thread.

[MrBloomEatsVeggies]

So what is so bad about them? And yes, this is a thread about a thread that was about a thread.

Can't see the problem really. Free world and all that. I find threads about threads interesting (sometimes). Who decides that it's bad form? The mysterious MN police?

[K999]

Every thread is about a thread in some way. Mainly because if you're on a thread and someone makes a comment or mentions a particular topic, some one else can think ""hmm good point. I am going to start a thread about that," you see it all the time on MN. Some one starts a thread on "isn't porn evil" and the someone starts a thread on "so if porn were illegal, what would the punishment be?"

[Rannaldini]

required etiquette
if you have an issue discuss it on the thread or leave it be.

if you are bested or get a flaming, lick your internet wounds and move on

it's the same as people reading through posters old posts and quoting them anew
grim
especially when troll hunting