Thank you Bill, perhaps I will "stick around"
But here is my experience, I was in the video game industry for many years (created "warbirds" series of online game products), and there people are hired (called "trolls") to sit in forums putting down your work.
Was very hard to deal with, and one of the reasons I left the industry. Being an honest person, just couldn't except it
I do remember a time when forums where very usefull and constructive, would like to see those times again, had much enjoyment and professional developement from that time.