Quote Originally Posted by Rentahamster View Post
Another thing - A second general discussion board would undermine the concept of having separate sub-forums for targeted discussion. That is the main reason why it would probably not be a good idea to implement, unless it was just some sort of limited usage thing.
What if instead of a separate forum then, a thread-starter could decide for their thread whether or not to limit the participation just for that thread? All ideas are appreciated. I think so far we all agree there's a problem, the tricky part is really how to solve it. On other forums it would probably be addressed with much stricter moderation, but I don't think SE wants to go in that direction.