But SS, unless you search very specifically from a position of prior knowledge you might not get the latest info, I know because sometimes I've tried to find recent threads using obvious keywords and end up looking at years old threads.
Further, maybe you use the search engine and find threads about cars but all you can see is me vs. Min07 or you're looking churches and it's RJ, PDLM and TS throwing insults or you have only a budget of 20k and you see newbies getting trashed for that even though most people in HK cope on less - maybe you hope those guys have buggered off and you try to give it a fresh try!
Just a thought.