If we had the moding power, yes, but we don't have nearly enough people
who could mod such a forum.

Matt

On Sat, 2011-07-16 at 09:34 +0000, John Smith wrote:
> 
> I'm getting really, really annoyed by the forums.
> 
> Can we please please remove the link to them from bitcoin.org, and
> replace it with a forum that has but one goal: help users of bitcoin
> (and merchants, and developers)?
> 
> No speculation about economic or political futures, no philosophical
> pissing contests, no "I trust/distrust this/that exchange/company"
> FUD, no repeated discussion of things already answered in the FAQ,
> etc. 
> 
> There is a place for all of those, but not in the official forums of
> an open source project. IMO, if we link an official forum from
> bitcoin.org at all, it should be a neutral place for helping people
> adopt the technology (a bit like the Ubuntu forums, for example). 
> 
> Just my two bitcents...
> 
> JS