@Lizzie I don't mind the format as it is. Plus I think we're all quite weary of constant, often useless (don't fix it if it ain't broke) format changes. I first log in straight to my notification page, check the new ones, then read down the first couple pages of new posts in the Help and Hosting sections, then check out Host Circle.
But whatever happened to you saying you were going to work on having the names of all posters in a thread available in the tagging box? You said that almost a year ago, and nothing has changed on that front.
I don't think it would be that great to divide the Hosting or Help sections into categories, as some of the topic posts encompass more than one issue.
And I wonder if it could be made clear somehow at the top of the forums that this is a community forum and that specific issues with payments, or reservations should be addressed to Airbnb itself, as no one here has access to a host or guest's personal account information. There are so many posts on the CC with users asking questions about a specific booking, or demanding refunds, etc, as if they think this is actually the main Airbnb site and they are communicating with CS. And somehow make the contact info for Airbnb part of that, as so many posts appear saying there is no way to contact Airbnb, even though there is a huge pinned post on the first Help forum page giving exactly that info. (Personally I don't quite understand how users can miss that Contact post, as it's right on the page they go to to start a conversation, staring them in the face, but they don't seem to notice, just like guests don't read our listing information)
I think "Interests" could be eliminated, as it appears to be little used and I think I've only looked at it once or twice.
And "Airbnb Open" could also be eliminated- it's obvious from posts that appear there that users have no idea what it refers to. Perhaps it could be consolidated with Community Updates or Airbnb Updates.