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Some sites are discussion board (forum) dominant with lively discourse leading to knowledge.

Some sites are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog blog] oriented with an emphasis on timely, current information, news, opinions, and sometimes speculation. 

===How this site is different from a forum or community group ===

On a typical page here the ''knowledge'' has risen to the top. The most highly evolved version of the answer is always the first thing you see. 

In a typical forum discussion, the answer is somewhere near but rarely at, the end. Finding the answer is a treasure hunt, and you pretty much have to follow the clues and hope you recognize it if or when you stumble upon it.

A forum discussion

* starts
* takes on a life of its own
* sometimes reaches a solution / conclusion
* carries on and devolves, digresses, gets sidetracked or dies

<br>Someone looking for answers can

* start a new discussion
* wait for the answer to emerge

or

* search for a discussion that looks relevant
* read through the unfolding story
* try to identify the answer if it is there
* try to recognize the point of diminishing returns, devolution, digression, sidetrack or death

Some people want the answer, some people enjoy the journey.

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