It's funny; I never had any of the problems anyone has mentioned. I joined using my yahoo email. I was activated quickly. After my first post I was welcomed by a few posters.
The forums I posted in seemed friendly, and I never saw personal attacks. There appeared less bashing/goshing than there was in ENT forum here.
Of course its been a couple years since I posted regularly, so I don't know how it was after 2007.