I prefer 'slower' forums like these to forums that are full of a lot of noise, where substantive posts are driven off the main page within minutes, if not seconds. Also Larian folks seem more apt to join in the conversations, probably because unlike other forums they don't get flamed every time they post.
That's an inevitable downside to an large community and its unavoidable that a small amount of people will start flaming, trolling, spamming, and what-not to create large volumes of unproductive conversation.
But if I read it correctly, that's exactly what the OP was critical of. But bigger is not always better. Personally, I don't like mass post volumes either. Your post is immediately lost in a sea of people debating whether one item is better than another or simply OT discussions about Apple vs Google.
