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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
On this point I strongly disagree. Asking a question then disappearing forever is not the sign of an engaged user anymore than entering your name and email information into a company's online support form would be.
Oh come on, internettablettalk.com had lots of those users too.

Everything has gotten bigger, but I really believe that all segments of the population are growing together. Sure, there are more trolls, whiners and ask-and-runners, but the engaged user base has grown dramatically too.

Sure, there are lots of stupid threads here, but there are lots and lots of interesting ones too. Even the noisiest, trashiest part of town, the N900 forum, is mostly full of honest questions and interesting discussions. Just look down the list of active threads. Most of them have titles like "Cisco PIX VPN Connect from N900" and "please help me to install vlc....".

I get pretty tired of the way the bad threads get all of the attention. To me, that's just what the trolls want. It is like how the security checkpoints at airports stopped allowing water bottles on aircraft after 9/11. Why are you letting the bad guys set your agenda?
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