To be fair forums tend to fire flak at the mags. However the posts are normally aimed at one or two mags but quick, informal typing makes it seem like it's aimed at all mags which is not the case.

As I said earlier a lot of the agro is just from statements that polarise people into camps for lack of a better word.

There is a univesal law of internet comunication which is if you send an email with 4 questions you never get all for answered. Usually you're lucky if you get one answered badly.

This is par for the course and resonable people know when something has just been phrased badly and usually apologise if the altercation was a result of them not reading posts properly.

Anyone who can't see the worth of forums despite their downsides need to re-evaluate, I think.