The author's point should be well taken about the unique value of forums like the Straight Dope Message Board. A lot of Internet culture comes from, or grows o

The author's point should be well taken about the unique value of forums like the Straight Dope Message Board. A lot of Internet culture comes from, or grows on, newsgroups, web forums, and subreddits. It's hard to quantify what good thing we get out of the existence of these communities -- there is not some metric I can point and say "this -- this is what these forums are worth". But I know it's a big deal. Nice to see that they recognized the value and are keeping this particular community up and running.