Summertop: This would require removing the "Subjext" and "Message" text boxes that currently appear on each DB page and replacing them with a "New Topic" link. Many people just 'reply' to a post by filling in the message box that they now see. The problem with doing that is that they aren't really replying to any particular message (at least not as far as the system knows).

This is a feature that I would like to see corrected. I have never mentioned it before, because I know there are many users who are either unaware of how to proprtly reply so that a subject apprears in their reply (which would make threads easier to read) or simply too lazy to do it properly. Removing the "Subject" & "Message" textboxes would force replying users to click on the reply button in the message they want to reply to (or click on the "New Topic" link). Hopefully, this would result in fewer blank subjects in posts.

Another feature that would hlep would be to force a subject to be entered.

Also, eliminating the ability to change a subject when replying might hlep too, but I'm not sure if that is a good idea or not.