Re: really not sure bbpress is any good
bbPress has 3 things going for it:
1) It can integrated a single signon with a wordpress install
2) It’s very easy to ‘theme’
3) It’s totally open source and easy to code for
If you like these, then bbPress is for you. If these things are not enough (and for most people they’re not) then bbpress is not for you.
It’s also wrong to say that bbPress is missing alot of functionality. that’s purely down to your perception of what YOU think a forum should have. bbpress documentation is shockingly thin on the ground, so if it doesn’t do what it claims to do – tell us 
But don’t judge it because it doesn’t do something it doesn’t claim to – you’ll never find the software that fits your needs that way.
