Oh, fun: forum software bashing! I might as well post, since I'm one of the developers of PunBB (the forum software we're using). 
People who say the forum sucks (the list was too long for me to write out all your names
): Blame Stefan for doing a bad job integrating the forum, or for not patching the hole and putting the old forums back up. The forum software itself is good and sound. 
Static: Mods can deal with spam in family forums. That doesn't mean they will on a regular basis, but in extreme cases it would be silly for them not to.
n00dl3: I actually run a site that does free forum hosting, http://www.punbb-hosting.com, that people are welcome to use (I'll even turn off ads like I did for the IC external forum if you send me the forum name on IRC).
Humidity: No. They're not. If you disagree, prove it.
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