Countess.
Have to agree. I use message boards as a resource, to find information, and as a sideline, discover the whereabouts of people that I've lost touch with over he years.
I've never knowingly heard Show of Hands, Seth Lakeman et al. and, after the huge amount of verbiage from a certain person, I don't think that I'd want to. (probably lovely people, I'm sure)
Regards