Its a great site alright, but I miss some of the more scholarly posters who don't post anymore, such as Leolaia, Narkissos. I'd recommend that all newbies browse those posters posts, you'll be amazed. The forum doesn't seem to have the same intellectual weight to it lately somehow, perhaps because its all been said and there tends to be a lot of repetition of stuff at times.
There is the wonderful 'search' feature above on here that I think doesn't get used nearly enough by newer posters.