It's worth bearing in mind that FAQs originated in places where people go to ask questions (usenet, mailing lists, forums) to avoid the same quesions being aske

It's worth bearing in mind that FAQs originated in places where people go to ask questions (usenet, mailing lists, forums) to avoid the same quesions being asked over and over again, and in that context they still make a lot of sense. The blog post is talking about FAQs on web sites, which I'd accept as being a different context.