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[Undertoad]

I can do one of two things, and I'd like people's ideas on this. One, we could start a section for "user-hosted" forums which would be specific topics. Those sections would be moderated by the user who wants them. The section would appear below the "Cellar-related" section. The only problem is that if too many people want these sections, the front page could get pretty crowded.

Two, we can have hidden forums. These forums would be invisible to anyone not given explicit permission to see them. They would have to ask, I think; ideally we would have a setting in the control panel that lets them "subscribe" to it, but I don't remember if that's possible. (Well if it's not, it could always be coded...)

Your idea is probably better suited for the hidden forum idea because only a very small, specific number of people would be interested in it. OTOH if anyone wants to see the forum and participate, they should be able.

On the old Cellars, we always had sections for individual users, although many times those sections went unused as interest in that topic dropped off. Sometimes even the user who was responsible dropped off. They arrived, had a specific interest, decided they wanted a forum, got one, and after a month of low activity lost interest and stopped calling.

But I think people should be able to talk about whatever they want, and if I can facilitate that in any way, I will.