There are a lot of things that could be done to help make the discussion board better.

But many of these have been suggested in the past, and what I know of Fencer - He thinks of this site as a game site, and would rather spend what little extra time he has working on new games and new game features - and not worry much about the discussion boards.

Not saying it will never happen, but I would guess any disucssion board improvments would be near the bottom of the "to-do" list. :-)