Forum Feed On Homepage

[PokerNations]

Now that the forums are open to the public, it would make sense to have a feed on the homepage displaying recent posts (perhaps focused on more business-related sections rather than lolcat thread ones)

Some people may not realize that the forums are no longer private, but might still visit the homepage for your blog posts. If they had already clicked the forum section on their first visit and saw it was invite-only, it's unlikely they'll click it again.