I have been looking at some of the forums that focus on self defense, some even focus on information for Florida residents. What is funny is that you need to pay attention to who the sponsors are. These forums don’t provide objective information on a subject, instead they are just used by some of the second and third tier instructors who can’t drum up enough interest in their own private forums.They buy some advertising space and then have free reign.
Now I contrast these with the forums that are clearly owned by an organization. Everything there is out in the open and the owners branding is right there. The forum lives or dies based on the owners ability to deliver the goods. The pressure of the market tends to kill off those who have nothing to offer.