User blog comment:Cthulhu./Why Do People Bitch about the No Spinoffs Rule?/@comment-1290332-20130306083935

Don't forget Spinoff Appeal. (Why does no one ever remember about this?!)

The anti-spinoff rule was enacted to discourage the endless rehashing of popular stories that has been sucking the creativity out of the genre (Bushy may disagree, but it's true.) It also acts as a cap on the subjects that seem to attract lazy/incompetent writers the most.

Aside from the laughable accusations of fascism and censorship, the common complaint about the rule is that it's proof that we're "RULE NAZIS!!1!" How DARE a literature site have rigorous quality standards in place. How DARE it.