Honestly I don't really care what other people think about forums. What I think is most important for me. I haven't asked anyone I know about what they think about forums, but I know some of my freinds interact with others in one way or the other via a forum on internet.

It's the way of the future.

I'm writing a paper for uni at the moment on overcoming barriers to innovation and a lot of the newer trends come back to the decentralized model which centers around web portals and forums. It seems to be the best way to innovate. IBM for example has a portal with close to 100,000 innovators in a forum based environemnt discussing ideas, innovations, tests, score cards and in the end they come up with products accepted by both the innovators and end users who are also part of the forum environment. As the world shifts further and further online forums culture will become part of our culture. I'm ready to debate this with anyone.

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My Demon revokes any prayer
He's grown contempt for love and hope
He betrays trust, twists truth and fair
Indifference is his way to cope
Engulfing sound of sensations
He quells with voices of despair
And muse of short lived inspirations
Flees at the sight of his cold stare
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