Originally Posted by BaldBishop

Asking "Does spinning still work?" is like asking "Does Apache still work?" or "Does Drupal still work?". They are tools, not magic bullets. They work in the sense that they do what they are supposed to do. Spinners still work in the sense they still spin spyntax enhanced text. Apache still works in the sense that it still is a web server. Drupal still works. They are but tools and the quality of the output and the SERP position of that output depends mostly on how the tools are used.