I've always been a search kindof person, this forum is no different in that respect.

I've said (or did I just think it) before that the present N900 thing will bring a lot of new people in, all with different needs and wants. What I think would be a shame is that there becomes an 'us and them' attitude regarding N900 vs NITs. I truly believe each can learn from the other, regardless of what applications run on what devices.

For my part, I'll be getting an N900 real soon (it seems) but you'd have to pry the N810 from my cold dead hands, it's that useful to me. I intend to make the best use of each that I can. That includes searching through the forum and paying attention to what makes sense to me in context.

The vast majority has the potential to be a huge boost and boon to the Maemo community, whatever device they may own. You will find that the current furore over release will die down, and I'd suggest that many of the posters will go on to something else (The next droid or whatever).

The ones that hang around, I think, should be courted and encouraged to contribute to all areas of the forum.