Forum Cloud : just like a Tag Cloud, but for forums.

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Originally Posted by Loco.M

useless idea IMO

if your site has 100's of forums, then your "forum cloud" will have 100's of links in it

Very messy

-Bs

A site with that many forums needs a better admin.
Using examples that don't make sense in the real world, doesn't further discussions regarding the design of actual forums.

You also don't design forum software based on outlier forums with "100s of forums". You design forum software based on what most users want.

I argue that seeing the names of all the forums on one page will enable users to post in the right forums. A long winded explanation of what a forum is ... won't help most newbies. As well, regulars know where to post.

I use "New Posts" features of vBulletin, but I almost NEVER use "Last Post".