~, but as a slightly revised example, if the thread title was "How do we move on from breaking up with a girlfriend/boyfriend", would this then be acceptable?
I'd say "it depends":
Yes, if it's an established member who's girlfriend recently broke up with him
(face it, this is more likely than the other way around
).
No, if it's a Newbie who is only posting in P&S and Off-topic to gain Activity.
The threads I've looked through so far appear to be started for the intent of padding post counts (which I believe merit may be slowing down)
One solution would be to deny new users access to those boards, but that'll move the spam to other boards. I do believe the majority of accounts that started by posting only in those boards will never contribute anything to the forum.