Forums, want to know something? Then don't use them....
Obviously the one you visit is the best of course, regardless of the name calling, bigotry, hate, wrong information, experts who know only what they've read on other forums, egos who think numbers mean 'I'm right', when usually they are wrong.
They can of course be resources for valuable information BUT trying to find it is the problem, the real info is always hidden, layers deep in thousands of nonsense words from those clinging to some pseudo online recognition, Oh look I've just hit 10000000000k posts, I'm great....
No....
"I suppose the design made more sense long ago when just about every Nikon lens had a 52 mm. thread, so you could buy the one filter and hood set for everything.....
Now the funny thing is my Nikon Lenses still have a 52mm thread in 2023 and the 1 Filter and Hood still applies so what has how old it is got to do with anything, it makes it sound like there's something wrong with it, there's nothing wrong with the design as it makes sense today as it did when it came from the factory on the first day.
Then there's the old....
Hi, I'm looking for info about this certain item....
Yeah you should try this, even though it's unrelated and 3 times the price....But look how clever I am
Don't get me wrong, most do, the trouble is finding a middle ground where the forum doesn't bug you, not generally full of idiots, good luck with that and you can find real information and not copy/paste from another Forum or from someone who's never even used whatever you are looking for....
How do I know this, well over 25yrs on the www teaches you things, being a Moderator for a Forum with over 35k Members also teaches you a few things and being a member of several popular (Mostly full of crap) Forums in the past reveals the reality when you participate and if you correct a long term member on some, you'll be tarred and feathered, even though you were probably right!
They can be vile cesspits full of opinions forced on you as fact....Oh I have 4 Million posts I must be right, that is the mental unstable state of most forums long term members, obviously the www has affected them beyond help, I feel sorry for them, as no one really cares.
Imagine being at an event,
"And what do you do in your spare time"
"I spend hours wasting my life trying to prove I'm a smart arse"
Got to laugh and I do, often, go to ANY established forum and have a browse, the subject matters not as the minds are still messed up because the effect is the same for everyone who uses the www long term, mental illness. (If you think I'm joking, do a little research)
So the boring reply might be relevant in another thread but how look at me boring is this, it's about context and when forums are filled with these it soon becomes dull.