Isn't this an indication that the community (yes, not all the community) is interested in this topic? Lack of communication leads to speculation, leads to arguments, leads to bad moods.

Sure, but ignoring it won't make it go away.

So why doesn't Nokia build on that momentum? It doesn't matter to the average user what Nokia is doing behind closed doors, they don't see it. What they do see are press releases and announcements that are carefully worded to leave ambiguity surrounding the N900/Maemo5 combination.

I see a wiki edit war over the nuances of what "turn-by-turn" means, or the latest blog/announcement/rumor. Not to mention a 100+ page thread like many of the other rumor/speculation threads.

If the intention is to remove the FUD from talk.maemo.org, then where will it go? It won't just disappear. Where can I share my thoughts and feelings (both good and bad) if not here? If you really try to eliminate FUD here, it will crop up on other sites, perhaps even specifically created sites. These sites will start popping up on google. What then? I suspect the FUD will grow exponentially as not enough people will care to monitor several sites and try to assuage doubts and fears other places. That would certainly harm the momentum for the platform if 3 of the first 4 links are to other sites overun with FUD.