Exactly, the bully pulpit has made this into one of the least useful MS forums around.
Though at least we don't have the FT loonies who outright lie about whether a deal works in every MS thread.
The general rule on DDMS (cmiiw) has been and is (with a few exceptions) if it is already shared publicly, it's fair game. We have all benefited from the main site and see no reason why the forums should be tighter.
Oh, and this UPS crap to distract every serious thread you don't like is just unrespectful and ungrateful. You are (besides classifying yourself as pompous "elites", which you're not, no matter what your post count says), actively destroying a useful forum. I call for anymore UPS posts outside JS to be deleted. If you don't like a post PM the OP and/or a Mod. No reason to trash threads.
#takebackddf
/end rant