User blog comment:Toughpigs/Wikia's new Forum demo/@comment-3444778-20120821070407

I like the new forum system... It seems a bit like the message wall system, I'll give bonus points for consistency. Another way to make it more unique relative to the message wall function is to add a quoting system, as many have already suggested, evidently... I think the best way to improve the system is to expand upon the left column, with the avatars. A post count could be added, possibly with ranks (customizable like the achievements would be really cool), and the date each user joined Wikia, etc. I somehow think that a forum ranking system will draw complaints, especially from those, not unlike myself, who see the existing achievement function as an excuse for spammy edits. Which in this case would be spammy posts, obviously. So if there was a rank system, might I suggest it be optional...? Though I don't really see how that would be possible, LOL. Regardless, I eagerly look forward to seeing this feature being released this fall! It should nicely replace my own innovative system that I spent months designing, only to have the code fall apart when MediaWiki was updated. xD I don't feel like fixing it, now that this is coming out.