Don't really understand you guys, i was on the brazil forum for a while and nothing happens overthere.
I agree that it could be messy sometime but you can't destroy such a database. We could endlessly discuss about the sense or the utility of certain discussions but what i feel is that maxwell forum prooves us that it is alive. It seems to have a really active and "bavarde" community, (bavarde stand for people who likes to speaks a lot). Let just be happy from that.
There are other places where you go on the forum once a week and pray when you log in to find a new post.
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