Ouch! I haven't read such a display of man's inhumanity to man since this.
I'm not a groupie but I do enjoy the injection of personality in some of the posts. It's the give-and-take joviality here that set these forums apart from other comics forums. I think a bit of digression is inherent...whether you like it or not.
Newsfeed forums (which this is an example) are similar in some ways to playing digital CDs. When someone inexplicably drops something you find to be a steamer in the middle of an otherwise sequence of digital agreeableness, you can aways fast-forward past it. Thankfully, this is what the "ignore" function and the “skip” button is all about.
Anyhow, I don't find Cat's posts to be spam. They certainly contribute to my enjoyment of the forums (though he needs to work on his puns sometimes). (thumbs u