Most of the time I read forums, it's because I want to get an overview over the latest discussion on a topic (most recently BBQ grills). Whenever I'm redirected

Most of the time I read forums, it's because I want to get an overview over the latest discussion on a topic (most recently BBQ grills). Whenever I'm redirected to forums via a search engine, it's mostly "this has been asked before, use the search", rants, and other low quality content. The incentives in the SO community lead to pretty good quality overall, compared to forums. Answers are regularly updated, even years afterwards. I've never seen that in forums.