I would consider myself to be a "message board veteran", with over 11 years of experience as a frequent poster, lurker, and moderator at a wide range of boards (including one of the top 5 largest forums of any type on the internet), I've always thought that this was a pretty strong community here. Not the most active message board on the web, got a couple quirky rules, but a good group of people with interesting discussion ranging from casual to informative, to (in a good way--ie usually not crossing the line) argumentative.

Thanks for pointing out this article though, Jeff. I find it very intresting.