I love the site and I think doing too much at once to change it risks a LOT. I'd be wanting to see some incremental improvements, or if you're moving to a new platform, trying to recreate much of what is here first before incrementally changing.
The forums do feel a bit old and clunky to me (not that it's all bad, no point changing it just for the sake of change). I would like to see:
- There are so many contributors and contributions every hour. A view that allows you keep on top of the latest updates (without having to reload the page).
- Something that emphases the community aspect. Could each logged in our be able to "favourite" a thread or post, so it is more easily accessible for them personally. They could even drop it into a folder of their own within their login. For example if it contains really useful information. Most favourited posts and threads could be featured or promoted on a new page, helping bubble some of the most valuable information to the top without going down the "rating" system which has been the downfall of many other forums.
- I would also like it to be easier to "follow" a thread, and have those easily accessible all in one place, if there are some threads you want to be actively involved in.
- Wiki articles are amazing and it's important to have them in among posts so they stay relevant. But a new index page for accessing wiki pages only would be great, where none of the contributing posts are shown but they are still easily accessed from there.
- A mobile app. Offline viewing of chosen threads would be great.