The sheer amount and quality of music I've found through the BOA forum has astonished me. Like most forums there's a pile of crap to wade through some times, but the good stuff shines through. In the early days I used to read every single post that went up, but I'm much more comfortable now with skimming through the topics that look interesting.

I have no doubt the right forums are a good thing, but they can be addictive and sometimes things just get too serious.

I use three forums on a regular basis. This one, the infamous Inside Out, due to it being a great way to keep in touch with people I know but can't speak to regularly, and one covering my other interest, computers.

This forum is light years ahead of any I've seen just for the simple fact that the signal to noise ratio is very good in most topics.