coins avoiding this forum normally have a reason to do so ...
bitshares could certainly spam the altcoin section alot more.
in fact there was a thread about that very topic once acknowledging that not as much information is shared here as could be.
but there's so much activity I think bitshares really does justify having its own forum. it's not like all the information isn't freely available.
I personally don't come around here much any more because I kind of feel like these forums have been overrun with assholes. not to mention all the scams. but that's just my opinion.