Lots of good stuff on the BF forums and far more than desired amounts of garbage, though I'll admit 'garbage' is subjective. Lots of trolls..and I think they are tolerated a bit too much. Sadly, many of the same people (that often post good content) chime in with predictable frequency and keep the trolls well fed with more 'replies' to inane topics, concepts, or statements. On the occasions when I do click on a (obviously useless) thread to see what all the commotion is about, more than a few times I've said to myself (about those replying that do offer good content on a reasonably regular basis) "..come on buddy..you're better than this..". And yet..things don't seem to change...trolls are seldom anything but fat and happy. Unfortunate.

As time goes on I find I have less patience with the adolescents (which, apparently, range from actual 20-30 y/o adolescents to some in the 50s & 60s) and hit the 'ignore' button with increasing frequency. I'm up to 62 on that list now..and climbing. The list helps to make BF a better place. I wish there was a way to make entire threads disappear (to me) as inane threads often grind on for weeks..with about 98% of the content being a complete waste of good electrons.

One place I find BF really shines is when I do research on various topics. A big thanks! to BF for keeping historical threads available...even though the occasional new member dredges up a zombie thread from 2006 to make an insightful(1st post) comment like.."hey..I saw a bike like that once" (after which the thread takes off for a while with comments seldom related to the original thread)...and life goes on..