Prologue
The purpose of this thread is to gain market research for a potential upcoming project of mine. The project in theory, is a development and design forum looking at bringing a professional place for designers and developers of all types to come together to showcase, sell, and request work. The idea is that the community will be professional both in its appearance, management and interaction.

Questions

1. What influences your decision to join a forum?
   
2. What do you look for in a forum?
   
3. Are you a designer, or a developer? If not, what would you be interested in?
   
4. Do you believe, if we're a development and design forum, that we should still have other topics such as gaming?
   

If you have any other points to make, please do! 


If you would like to know more about the project in question, please private message (PM) myself.
Also, this would not take my attention away from Forum Authority, I would be dropping support of a forum I am currently at and focussing solely on Forum Authority and this forum if it went ahead.

Thanks,
Katos.