Enhancing the use of forums.

A "internet poker buddy" just inquired as to how one could enhance the utility of a poker forum. I should have told him to join the site :).

Here are my suggestions so far. Any others (as comments or as posts) would be great.

*Slightly incentivize forum use for members and coaches (my guess is that crafting and adapting a +EV incentive).
*Creating and maintaining results threads that coaches read.
*Putting every hand from a coaches video into the HH importer, putting a link to it in the videovideos.php entry. That way a specific hand can be posted in the video threads (or even the general section).
*Encouraging member videos or HH reviews. Encouraging coaches to sweat member videos and provide their own commentary. Two free weeks on the site if your video is used by a coach should be incentive enough.
*Issuing monthly challenges based on themes. Example- river play OOP for August 2009.
*Get QTip, Leatherass, and Cottonseed to post more hands.
*Generating a social network feature akin to facebook's front page, to encourage people to read their friends' posts. The more people read, the more they post.

Poker Discussion: 25PL AKo OOP vs Tight Tag - Special situation...

I just don't have an answer.. does that mean muck?

http://www.deucescracked.com/forums/8-Beginner-SS-No-Limit-Hold-em/topics/23399-25PL-AKo-OOP-vs-Tight-Tag?page=1#posts-175783

Three hands from an 80 minute session. - Stoxpoker Forums

Here are some simple hands that I'd love a litttle feedback on. 

AA- perhaps I'm being a maytag repairman here, but I wonder about preflop 3bet sizing relativ to a 125 BB stack and hand ranges from a weak player.

http://www.stoxpoker.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24782

AQo OOP on a threeflush turn - Against a laggier player, it's an easy CRAI.  Should I do the same , ket the guy barrel it in, or give up.  I go half way by checking and calling one street.  I hate it.

http://www.stoxpoker.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24784

KQ - top two vs a nit.  Do I miss a value bet on the river?

http://www.stoxpoker.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24783

Poker Discussion: 50NL - Two 3bet pots against LAG :: DeucesCra...

3bet pots vs lags w/no hand.  Blech.

http://www.deucescracked.com/forums/8-Beginner-SS-No-Limit-Hold-em/topics/23125-50NL-Two-3bet-pots-agains?page=1#post-body-174083

The Well: BobboFitos - Page 8 - Two Plus Two Poker Forum

Strategy talk- deeper that individual hands, but detailed enough to be relevant.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/39/small-stakes-pl-nl/well-bobbofitos-1064/index8.html

Forum RSS feeds.

http://www.stoxpoker.com/forums/external.php?type=RSS2

You can now add stoxpoker forum threads to an RSS reader.

http://www.deucescracked.com/posts.rss

Same with deuces cracked.

I'm going to try to do the same for some other stuff.

Playing Your 'A' Game: Part 1 - video #922 . . . . Release Date: 05/02/09 - Stoxpoker Forums

http://www.stoxpoker.com/forums/showthread.php?p=155613#post155613

This video is a superb breakdown of how enhancing your focus enhances your play.

I think this month will be "mental strength month" for me.