It's only been a few posts, that's less off topic than most N&R threads,
lol.
I doubt it's going to go much further, and when the next morsel of news comes out it'll likely be buried... I don't really see the point in trying to fight it or lock the thread just so we have to start a new thread when more news comes out, mountain out of a molehill.
I count 8 posts about the Spikeybits post, and 9 posts discussing whether or not it's relevant to discuss the Spikeybits post, so there's been more posts made arguing about the off topic than the off topic itself
But of course the mods will do what the mods will do.