I'm pretty sure it would be just as fast. Most of the reps have their subscriptions on so as soon as someone responds to their post, it notifies them in their email so they can come check. Or just PM them and it will do the same thing. They don't usually just go from forum to forum to check if anyone's posted in their specific thread(they do search for their site every so often to see if anyone's asked a question outside of their threads though)