*bump*
Well I guess there is another way around this that could work, I posted this on VB.com:
This may be a little late to add this into the RC's but I was thinking that if we're not going to have forums for social groups, how about having an option to set the permissions of a forum to allow it to be only seen by those in a specific social group? Say for instance in the forum editable options you can set the forum with a drop down menu like:
- Use forum permissions
- Use a social group
So if the admin sets the forum option to use a social group, then a list of social groups can appear and you can shift+click the social groups that can view and post in the forum.
It's a cheap workaround of the forums for social groups method and would only require a quick addition.