Not willing to try to integrate Wordpress, had a forum years ago with VB and WP that was a clusterfook, nearly killed the project before it got going.
But here's a question for you folks since you seem to want more. Facebook is the 800 lb elephant in the room for some of us, and part of the problem IMHO, is that Facebook allows much more in the way of spontaneous, frivilous posts where forum posts, especially starting a new thread, can be intimidating for new members.
Here's my idea, how do we make Profile Posts more front and center so that those posts can be spontaneous and frivilous, a steady stream of posts and pictures that bored members can sort through while more intentional threads and posts can keep happening in the forums?
Has anyone ever thought of making profile posts a more prominent part of the forum environment?
Maybe it's a dumb idea, that's ok but thought I'd throw it out there.
Bart