I'll grant you that. Of course there was a price to pay. The FAQ had to be maintained, sometimes meta-discussions about the FAQ ate up more time and bandwidt

I'll grant you that. Of course there was a price to pay. The FAQ had to be maintained, sometimes meta-discussions about the FAQ ate up more time and bandwidth than just simply fnord answering the questions, and sometimes the FAQ was used as a weapon to discourage n00bs.