"Jude" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> It's not NG vs. forum here guys... While from a direction/mgmt perspective it isn't, from a usage perspective it indeed is. Shall I give yet more reasons why web forums suck so bad? I am only speaking up because it would be such a downer to HAVE to use a web forum. I use them of course, but because I HAVE to (those places where there is no other interface available). That said, I usually just sign up on web forums for those current and fleeting situations, leave when I find get the answer, and then hardly ever go there for any other reason (such as browsing what is new, etc.). I mean, why would I go somewhere painful unless I had to? I'll bet that most forums have tons of stagnant accounts on them that will never ever be used again. Yet the site has to maintain that data for so long before purging it. I wonder if they have to keep the spam sign ups too?
