Quote Originally Posted by niky

That's the difference with forums. You can attack another person's opinion right away, and a lot of people do so. With so many conflicting opinions in one place, any good posts or well-explained opinions MAY be overlooked, thus, people will not have the opportunity to reflect upon and absorb them.

Sometimes, I reflect on one particular post for a day or so, but by the time I want to answer it (either to disagree or agree), the discussion has already moved three pages...

Bingo.
Plus forums provide relative anonymity, where people, who otherwise wouldn't be so vocal in the real world, can just blurt out their 'opinions' without having to be held accountable.

*spell check