Why not get rid of the "Featured Downloads" forums? They're a waste of time if ever there was one.
21 Threads containing 32 posts in total in all three in 1 to 2 months... :-? Possibly a fair point.
Also, the payware forums can go, as this is a site that supports freeware.
People will always want to know answers to payware questions and is there any point sending them away (rejecting customers!) from here because we don't want to answer their questions as a matter of principle? No. So keep it.
Payware and Freeware screenshots do not need their own forums.
I'm sure this has been discussed many times, and I think we've concluded they are needed...
My own thoughts:
Designer Feedback - not much activity in there anymore as freeware projects become rarer. Could more easily be incorporated into the appropriate sim (FSX/FS9/CFSx) forum
or screenshots perhaps?
FS2000 - A thread from 2005 is still on page one, and only 6 posts in 2007... (unless someone's been cleaning in there)
Tweaking and Overclocking - incorporate into Hardware?
Specific Aircraft Types - this used to be a brilliant forum section, but sadly has mostly deteriorated into a "what's your favourite" thread haven. Tough one though, would you incorporate it with Real Aviation or Flight School - merging with the latter may encourage more contructive posts rather than polls etc, without having an effect on Flight School's very useful format.
Your Sites/Other Sites - do they need to be separate?