Brethren we are spoiled, spoiled I tell ya!
This is my first experience with forums but based on the positive experience I've joined a few more on specific topics (tractors, Ford diesels, welding and the like). So, when I started considering a significant investment in a new machine for the metal shop I went looking for a metal fabrication forum to ask a few questions. Yep, found "the worlds largest metal forum of metal fabricators", so I signed up. It took a few days for the admins/mods to approve my membership and once I had access, come to find out the "the worlds largest metal forum of metal fabricators" premier forum (kinda like our QTalk) has 73 total posts (ever), no new posts since July and not even a spot to announce yourself as a newbie.
Oh well, I guess it ain't fair to compare anywhere else to here, the admins & mods are great and even if you post a cheeseburger fail cook you will get 73 responses.
Do I like the site, yep, I REALLY like this forum and all y'all that interact to make it so great.