I've been on this forum since last October, and there is one thing I find disappointing. There is hardly any order, and I will explain.
When I visit let's say the General Anime Section, where anyone can create a thread about any anime, there is a problem. There should be only one thread for each anime (possibly created by a mod). For instance if one person wants to talk about One Piece, Death Note, Gantz, etc, there should only be one thread. When I enter these forums, it is possible for me to find two or three threads created generally for the same purpose, but because they get bumped down, another thread is created. This makes the forum messy. The contingent problem that arises here is that people will not be as likely to be as active (meaning the willingness to post). This not only applies for the the General Anime Section, but the General Manga Section.
Little changes. For instance, create a thread that is called, "Name your Anime recommendation" in the General Anime section and pin it. So anyone who wants to add their own opinion can add it in that thread, instead of someone creating the same thread every so often, which creates a clutter of useless threads. There are many cases where this happens in this forum. Do the same for the General Manga Section. "Name your manga recommendation". If someone wants to talk about Bakuman or any other manga/anime, then there should be one thread dedicated to it, and one only.
The General Anime Information section is a bit confusing as it's purpose is almost the same if not coinciding with the General Anime section. As I've said, there are many things making this forum disorderly. It's just a suggestion from someone who has been a forum moderator in the past, and I think this forum could be more active if there was more order. The amount of people visiting this forum is greater than many Naruto forums out there, and it is possible that because there is no order/neatness, that people refuse or don't bother posting. I know I wouldn't bother posting in many of the threads in this forum, because the amount of people that would just pass by it or ignore it, being that there is no order. Many times I refuse to read topics because of this. This is what puzzled me at first when I registered here. I thought there would be more members to converse with, but in the end, there are only a handful of people actually being active. Could these be the reasons?
Another helpful idea. In this thread, the Suggestions section. There should be a thread like Forum Suggestions, Site Suggestions, and then more precise threads like things related to your site, as to reduce the amount of clutter and so on. The point is, if you can remove the possibility of having too many threads that hardly have any activity, to just one to two threads that can easily do a better job than many, then why not do it? Less threads, more order, more activity, and so on.
There are just so many threads that I find in this forum that need tossing, at least in my opinion... Anyways, I don't mean to tell you guys what to do in any manner, and I definitely don't want to get any moderator/admin upset here. These are just suggestions that I thought would be helpful. I'm not sure if it has been like this always here, but a little order doesn't hurt.
There are other minor problems, but I think the one's I just mentioned are more important at the moment.
Cheers!