There is always this debate about quality of posts vs quantity. Some sites push for quality, and to the extent that the moderation is draconian. To me, quantity us fine, but ideally there would be a way to filter out the crap. Out of a million posts, some pct are going to be great, even if the pct is low it's a lot of great content.
And ideally the software should facilitate the kinds of things that people want to do. Part of my argument for quantity is that a message board can act synchronously or asynchronously. In synchronous mode, you're in a thread the same time others are, and the thread is like a chat room. Asynchronously, you start a thread and someone else replies hours or even days later. Often it's a mixture of the two in a thread...
Some posts are like articles on a news type site, or even quote others' articles in a blog like manner. While vb does let us promote posts to blogs and articles, and it has a CMS, the integration is weak or downright poor.
Two other types of content we all likely have created at least once are tables (like stats) and pages like a post with links to good blog sites. vBulletin doesn't handle these well - tables/preformatted text is awkward at best, and stickies and links (like at the top of this forum) get in the way, no?
Another kind of content that I can create, but vb limits you all from doing is dynamic content. Our salary pages are one example, as are twitter feeds, RSS feeds, etc. I would personally like to see there be custom software so we can make mock drafts, implement sim leagues, fantasy leagues, construct player pages, etc.
Granted, these things may not appeal to everyone, but it seems like not having the options is not the best.
In any case, the priority is to provide the tools to enable you all, and to provide the best online experience we can. If that means vb, so be it. For just a message board, it still seems like the best we can do.
