I usually find when a group moves to a web forum, despite my best intentions I stop participateing. I just don't remember to go to the forum, unless I'm haveing a big problem. Even newsgroups I only remember every few days. Enough times, notifications of things like outages have gone out via this list, and I get those within minutes in my inbox.
I don't use RSS because I have found no way to integrate it into my work flow. It's another windows to have open.
Ditto.
I will reluctantly visit the forums once in a blue moon.
-Russ