It existed before the influx of people expecting an iPhone, centralized around those using Nokia's internet tablets. It's gotten severely noisy since December (and worse in the past couple months) as unhappy people feel that this is the place with people upon whom they can take out their frustrations.

As a result, the noise level has fallen as those who see fit to lash out (as opposed to offer constructive criticism) generate posts with 100+ replies, full of ad-hominem attacks and insisting those who aren't wholly disappointed with the N900 are either fanboys or somehow delusional.