I think forums are a better solution for this kind of problem. However, forums suffer from two crippling problems: 1. It's really hard to find active forums (d

I think forums are a better solution for this kind of problem. However, forums suffer from two crippling problems: 1. It's really hard to find active forums (discoverability), and 2. Forums are often overwhelmed with spam and security problems (integrity). If those two problems could be solved, or at least mitigated better, then forums might make a comeback.