The Poser forum is important.  It helps me keep in touch, especially when I've been away for a while. It's a good way to catch up on issues and new developments.

One aspect of the Forum I find most useful is the Search function ... allowing me to research topics, products, issues or problems  and advice. 

Consider however that  people are increasingly creating their own channels for collaboration and building their own micro sub-communities, perhaps using other services.  

The Poser Forum is not a sophisticated interactive collaboration platform, but that's OK because it serves a higher purpose. 

Perhaps there would be interest in developing a collaboration or professional networking service for the Poser community.  These, however, tend to involve small numbers of collaborators, and the broader community is not as likely to benefit from the specific exchanges or innovative collaborations that emerge.

My experience is that people tend to find and nurture their own communities as artists or collaborators. The Poser Forum is not our only option, although it is arguably the best and most inclusive that we have. Poser users know that this is the place to come for news, issues, topics and keeping in touch with the views and comments of the community. And that's a good thing.

One idea: Poser Forum Highlights Blog:

Few people have time to read through all the subjects and responses to pick up on the most interesting topics or issues (even though for some users, that is the most appealing aspect of the Forum).

Is there value in asking the moderators or someone, to pick-up and highlight some of the  more interesting posts perhaps through a weekly blog ?? I might sign up for something like that, because I would tend to trust the moderator who would have a broader insight and perspective of what might be interesting to the broader community ... ie: trends, issues, problems, etc.

Cheers.