I guess just looking at the calibre of some of the C++ articles on this site, BOOST might scare some people that thought they actually where good at or experts at programming in C++, you know the kind I'm talking about the ones that go "I can write an employer employee class and a ISale and ICost class hence I'm an expert" as a result some people feel they need to vote down such discussions. - I would love it if CP had a section designated to tips and tricks with BOOST libraries. As for ASIO as mentioned above, its damn awesome! might even end up writing an article about it here.