So how do you propose this to happen -- whenever a new device (company/brand/model) comes out, a new forum gets created at MeeGo.com? That would mean creating a forum for each new Nokia Harmattan device, Symbian device, Intel device, Clarion, LG, Acer, Dell, etc.? If those forums are not created, there will be discussions regarding those devices anyway. Isn't it better to just go to TMO or to moblin.org to just discuss about a specific device?

Artificial forums (e.g. Nokia Devices, Intel Devices, etc) can be created that when clicked, go to the specific company forums, TMO or forums.nokia in Nokia's case.

Sure, these problems will come up, often in fact. Dupes happen here at TMO all the time, and at MeeGo.com, it will happen most probably in a forum called 'General.' While your example shows the wrong way of saying it, I believe that a lot will reply nicely that they have seen a discussion (link added) about a certain topic at the TMO or at moblin.org.

I've seen this happen a lot of times as well in the mailing list, bugzilla, mwkn, blogs, news sites. They all mention the same topic and a link is provided to where the official forum thread is. They might still keep talking about it on the mailing list, blog, or news site, but for some reason, they will all gravitate to the 'official' thread and discuss it there.

Come to think of it, if someone points me to a specific forum or thread about something I am asking about, I would definitely appreciate it and go to that forum or thread to discuss it or maybe ask the same question again. I don't think it's a big deal, and I think it makes sense.

I'm not against having just one forum since I think it can be forced to work. I think it's just more organized to have some forums maintained where the correct organization or company has more control over.