Board Thread:New Features/@comment-27546251-20160501201027/@comment-168424-20160506185910

Forums are not a good way to present information. They are good for surfacing, sandboxing maybe, or other pre-publish work, but bad for final presentation.

As for forum features, your list is not what I would prioritize.

Here's some things I'd change about the current incarnation of forums:
 * Deleting threads is a pain. I made some JS to add a button for when you go to the Board Thread: version, so you can delete it easier, but it still isn't great.
 * Ability to force a refresh of board status. The # of threads and posts is often out of date.
 * Ability for admins to create threads with replies turned off.
 * Ability organize highlighted threads in a custom order.
 * Ability to filter threads by # of replies.
 * Ability to add an icon for each board would be nice.

I'm sure I could think of lots more, but this is a start.