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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. | |||
