forum funcitons

ok ive been assessing the forums on ITM by city, heres the general breakdown:

Brisbane: two very interesting threads caught my eye.. the first is the Mayhem 2004 rollcall which is basically a list of people who are going to the event (the purpose of which isnt all that clear.. just to establish a little bit of subcultural capital? most users just add their nickname and a comment, and there isnt really that 'lets all meet up' situation happening)
the other thread is defining PLUR (where was this post when i wrote my last essay!?) that just has so much interesting stuff happening in it, but it is basically a discussion as to whether the old PLUR (Peace, Love, Unity, Respect) is still being used in clubbing in brisbane today, and the debate is raging..
and a nice one exposing some of the internal politics of the site i whore and i vote which is complaining about the ITM policy that 'off topic' threads are deleted from the 'city' forums.. its basically the ITM community fighting for their right to have a city specific 'thread about nothing'.. see the melbourne forums 'thread about nothing' that has been going since september 2003 and has over 24,000 posts!
but asides from that the brisbane forum seems to be mostly about past and future events, dj's, music, birthday announcements etc.