Spamming Interests by posting unrelated discussions

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Call me picky but I'm get annoyed when I see people posting disucussions that have nothing to do with the Interest group they are tagged to... Want to see what I mean, check out the discussions that are being added in the myLot.com group. A quick glance at the last 20 will show that at least 10% to 20% have nothing to do with mylot. That is in addition to the other spammy messages talking about how many posts someone has and what not... In my opinion, people are doing this to abuse the large user base of that Interest in hopes of soliciting more comments (and generate higher earnings). How and why? When you post something in an Interest group it shows up in everyone's "Discussions from my interests" section. Since myLot.com seems to be the biggest group, it seems the most common group/interest to abuse in this manner. In my opinion we need to stop this. By putting discussions in the wrong categories you are detracting from the site. Even if it is a worthwhile and well thought out discussion, dropping it in the wrong section creates clutter/spam. Does this clutter bother anyone else or am I just being anal about it? Should users be punished for repeatedly abusing the Interest feature? Is it worthy of a negative rating? Does anyone else fear the lack of organization/structure of forums here hurts this site and might cause problems with its long term growth and readership?