Then they should stop calling it a Discussion Board.

I did, briefly, start trying to get info. from  the .com boards, when the US went over to MP, hoping for some facts.  Similar to here/now, unless a question can be answered either YES/NO, they are virtually useless.  I stopped even bothering to look at them once ebay decided to ban all threads on the subject and suppress any discussion.

   I have had some more recent experience of the PP boards.

I note the apparent total lack of any involvement by a repesentative of PP.  Instead they have what they call a team of "Voluntary Advisers", they seem to parrot whatever PP last announced as some sort of hobby.  Basically being in some sort of game to score Kudos.  One even (rudely) told me that I had received "Good advice" when I was treated to a C&P re-write of PP's latest User Agreement update email and asked for clarification, saying that they had no more info. than I did, so I should get in touch with CS (some hope).

   To actually find that response (email notifications of a reply don't seem to work) I searched the first 12 pages of threads in vain.  I only found the thread again by looking at my profile and have no idea where it was on the boards.

   Here, we now have the same layout and format (Another of those all too common similarities between supposedly separate entities) which lead to exactly the same result.

   Plenty of different boards with over-lapping titles.  Large numbers of new threads (to give the impression of a busy, lively community), often the same question repeated numerous times. Few of which get more than two or three replies (many getting none at all).  All of which disappear into oblivion in short-order.

   Have a look at Seller Central since this happened here, it will only get worse.