Forums

I don't know if anyone here is interested, but I just finished (?) an update to the og_forum module. You can find it here: http://drupal.org/node/121822

Things to note:

-It is compatible with Drupal 5.1.
-Each group can have multiple forums
-Regular (sitewide) forums can be used side-by-side
-Group context is set whenever applicable
-Both forum and og_forum paths work - they are interchangeable
-A trip to www.yoursite.com/forum (or og_forum) will show all forums available to the user whether that forum is general or within a group they are subscribed to

Something I really like about the Drupal.org site, and something I don't see really being managable outside of it, yet, except if core is used exclusively for the most part, is the fact that ALL the nodes posted (outside the issue cue) are all forum posts.

I've noticed on a couple of other sites that I visit that, for example, consist of blog posts with a separate forum section, most of the dialog and discussion that develops with visitors goes straight into the comments section of the node and the forums collect weeds, comment spam and dust. "Community" development is limited to comment threads and the consistency of content posted to the front page nodes, and conversation outside the comments? Non-existent.