Forums? You mean like people discussing stocks? I don't actually frequent any stock discussion sites. I used several data/analysis/opinion sites, but I don't read or frequent any stock discussion sites. Most such sites usually have a sub-group of people playing around on them, trying to front-run their trades on penny stocks, as well as endless spamming touting some pink-sheet issue.

Because of that, I never take tips or ideas off a discussion site or put my trades out there on a discussion site. There's just no way to sort out the serious, genuine people from the touts and frauds.