All I'm saying is that FFGuru has the right idea, in trying to get a town hall style of meeting going, where everything can be discussed out in the open. If you're going to talk about problems, they should be addressed in front of everyone, because it might help others bring up issues or questions.

In that same vein, I think that problems with individuals should be handled individually; with no need for singling people out though the public forum. Use PMs or whatever. I don't know how things work now, but I remember how they did back in the day. I just think that it's adding too much bureaucracy, where in order to make a comment or an issue, you have to ask for permission into Shinra and then file a complaint. I think the old comments and questions forum did just that equally well.

At the same time, I feel that this place is adding too many bells and whistles in order to hide the fact that it's not as active as it used to be. Years ago, there was a fraction of the number of posters we had today, and if you missed say a week of gen chat, you'd be completely lost, and it'd take you the better half of a day to catch up on gen chat threads and the like. Today, we have shitloads of members, and yet gen chat has been pretty stagnant. It's picking up a little bit, but it's not a lot at all. At the same time, by adding all of these other features, you're giving people more options and more customization options, which can be good, but it hurts the overall forum community when nobody is really discussing anything or networking because they're all playing games or doing random things that aren't posting.

Aaaaaaaaand that's my two cents. Don't need a special forum to speak my peace.