It's a shame to see the slowdown in the forums, but the new format really hinders having a good view of the discussions at hand, and makes it harder to find out the details of a thread. I'm really hoping Hot Topics will make a return, it really isn't VGC without it.
But other than that, many of the issues seem to be things ioi is already working on and simply weren't ready for launch, like comments on games, and shared info in the different databases.
But Hot Topics really is the key here...
EDIT: Actually, Hot Topics should be in the place of the activity feed, and you could put the activity feed where the current "hot topics" are. A community that is based on discussion should be viewing the discussions, not private conversations, avatar changes and what not as their main attraction.
