I agree that forums have a use, but I fear the trend amongst the masses will be to favour SN over forums
Do we really want the masses though?
Have you ever tried to read the discussions that appear on facebook? It's all illiterate ***** who seem to forget they are putting their opinions across without anonymity. We get our fair share of ***** but for the most part it's in a small enough dose that it's funny rather than nauseous.