Make it less.

The Q&P Discussion forum is so spread out, making it less spread out would make people want to use it more, instead of it being kind of inactive..

I think it would be better to combine some of the forum topics that are similar with one another.

This is a poetry site, not an advertising agency. We don't need "Oh, how can we make the discussion board more desirable?" Nah, it's not about that. You visit the discussion board because you want to (and because you have no life), not because its layout is visibly appealing and supple. I agree with the Brit. More categories, if anything, would make more sense.