What are you talking about, it's the same as yesterday or the day before and so on.
You should've asked, "what's with the overuse of the Lounge thread instead of the other useful sections of the forum?"
The reason's simple, it requires less brain cells to post in the Lounge instead of threads such as "White hat SEO", "Black hat SEO", "Adwords" and so on.
Why are people posting more and more in the Lounge? Because:
- some of the users are noobs who have no REAL idea what IM is and therefore can't post relevant useful information on this forum but they want to increase their post count in the hopes of becoming reputable members some day.
- some of the experienced users who have real knowledge about IM just want a break from their daily grind and just want to relax for a few minutes until they get back on the saddle.
Fairly simple IMHO. Don't get what's all the fuss about this. If you want to learn or contribute to the forum, just ignore the Lounge section and focus on what interests you.