One thing is for sure, when you do have strong opinions on a forum, it definately increases forum traffic. It's the old ''car crash viewing'' thing, none of us want to, but we all drive at 30 mph to look at the crash..
I entirely agree - it's a bit of a distasteful way of creating forum traffic though.
I agree it is distasteful. Also I feel that it cannot sustain the forum long term, only newer and constructive posts can. Hopefully we are on our way to making a recovery, albeit a slow one.