...and hey, this board is an example of the very same tool...just a more focused group.
And that is a good point BB, however not all who use a forum as a tool start networking, sending 500 messages a day, spending hours doing it...hmm, come to think of it, Peter, do you still have your day job?
I know for some they have daily internet access, and must at least be partly bored at work to be able to take the time to read the forums, or have a lenient employer who doesn't block access to the highly used site, but at my workplace i have little time for it. We are swamped.
Between evening posting and spending the few hours each evening with the family, i choose family.
And wine.
And dinner.
And sleep.
And on weekends, yep, two or three 5 minute phone calls and voila, company i don't have to tweet to chat.
Is drinking while tweeting on twitter considered drinking alone?
I'm not sure of this new age protocol.