I think it's more of a "HowardForums is that way ---->" response. You have to keep in mind that this forum isn't end user (or at least historically hasn't been) focused like HoFo is. A lot of us aren't interested in reading yet another "N900 blows" or "Nokia is stupid" thread. The arguments are clogging up the forum, making it difficult to find content that's actually interesting and/or useful.