Most posters will read the topic tittle and proceed to post their thoughts without reading the comments of others on the thread to understand the context. The thread has managed to reach the 15th page despite the article being a hoax. It tells you that as long as a thread is not locked, signature posters will find a angle to post on.
I have reported the topic, it is left for the moderators to lock the thread to avoid more spam.
I'm not sure moderators are interested in locking this thread. The number of pages it has gathered since its OP attestate to that. Even, for the fact that several days after you reported it no action had still been taken on it shows moderators don't want to lock it. Well, maybe they're letting it run because of its comic relief reading through some of the hilarious and absurd comments there are here.