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Lack of support
Lack of support
* No widely used, secure, feature-complete software
* No widely used, secure, feature-complete software
* Crap search
* Crap search (especially compared to google groups/gmail)
* Most systems don't use hierarchical threading


Doesn't replace email
Doesn't replace email
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* Which boards should people subscribe to?
* Which boards should people subscribe to?
* Mental overhead/bad pattern fit
* Mental overhead/bad pattern fit
* People can't sort forum posts into their own folders or star them
* Forums encourage deletion, of individual threads or entire topics. Email means there's a paper trail.
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