What would be more useful is if the various free software projects provided
their own forums that they maintained within the value set of their project.
Right now there are many projects that don't do a very good job supporting
their users or products and they end up here where less help is available to
them.
Uruk has a mailing list currently, but I think its time it launched its own
forum too. It has gotten big enough and is well supported enough to stand on
its own.
Thats where your energy should be. A general, unfocused forum on "free
software" will just become a dumpster fire in moderation hell. It will suck
up your time making it too difficult to meet your other goals and Uruk will
suffer.
I firmly believe that part of the reason many free software projects burn out
or go dormant is because the people behind them are too nice. You can't meet
everyone's needs and you need to stick to what you are both good at and what
you can logically maintain. It might be great to "give the people what they
want" at first from a popular support standpoint, but popular support rarely
materializes into useful partners that can actually contribute in a real way.
