guys, dont get lost in design and content questions ^^ - the first choice which has to be made is what concept the site should have and who and how should decide things.
i personally wouldnt mind if we add photoshop plug-ins (because i still lack 3 or 4) but we must be careful that we dont end up collecting BeOS distributions or discussing nitendo games.
i can tell you from my experience that it wont work out to install anarchism and take it for democracy. if the site owner lets everyone join the team of decision makers, this only starts a neverending dicussion about possibilities instead of someone actually working on things.
about the start page, i dont like it. but the point is, i dont mind that i dont like it, it is not my business. it is not my site, and i am free to bookmark the forums only.