Untangle old comment threads & create a forum

Let's dust off the old peer-to-peer sites of the early web.

  You know-  the good ole' bulletin boards, forums... p2p

The most active early adopters of Web 2.0 were given a voice with blogs and the other 99% of the web became comfortable with a p2p forum around a profile context. 

Modern bulletin boards are built around a post, a profile, or a topic.  Forums are back in full swing in the form of comment threads and social networking.

Top 5 reasons forums were re-invented forums for near-time

1. Maintaining fluid discussions:  Sometimes people still try to quote other comments from 8 posts earlier.  Make it happen.
2. Tracking threads:  RSS and user dashboards allow you to watch and check the parts unread by you.
3. Don't do something.  Stand there:  Interactive communities are created and maintained by users as a whole.  You as a blogger, online community manager, or user can sit back and wait to respond when appropriate.
4. Analyze for a reason: Watch most active contributers for last 30 days, 90 days, and all time.
   
5. No more "Bueller...Bueller?":   Don't let your  comment get lost at the bottom of a thread.  Open a new topic in the Forum