We need to get our own traditions over here in the Threadiverse, why not start off with another platform’s tradition

Have you ever read a single history book? Humans are not very creative. All traditions are copying the tribe next door’s tradition with a little twist. That’s just how culture works.
This, plus something is better than nothing! Also nobody’s saying we can’t do anything else later. Nothing wrong with taking something tried and tested to get the ball rolling