I guess this forum is good as it is... Bitcoin need to be more popular - somehow generally accepted / know type of payments... Just as easy to use as Paypal for general public when most oh them are not interested in technical etc. things = not interested in this kind of forums. There needs to be place like that to discuss just backend etc deeper things beyond simple use. So, there might be no need to change Bitcoin Talk too much. Just my two cents.

That´s good, If anyony is serious about this few posts and few hours online is not too high entry point. I have moderated some forums (not bitcoin related) and have seen what flood o spam can do for even well established forums.

Good point, but sometimes you just need to trust even stranger to start business or get what you want - sometimes you get burned sometimes good business. Of course biggers amounts makes trust more and more important. But you have to start from somewhere - sometimes from zero.

BFL single ordered... setting up full node!