There are a few principles that I find interesting to consider:
- Allow the forum to be used by more people to observe how the current features/behaviors play out.
- Understand what works and doesn’t based on that.
- Make informed decisions on changes based on this experience.
From my experience that’s the best way to avoid never-ending discussions about what people prefer, since there is always going to be people with different preferences. This way things can be tested and then take informed decisions that might still not make everyone happy, but at least will optimize for the majority + real user-case observations.
In this particular example, I would suggest to wait a bit until we get more users and categories and then check with everyone again in a couple of months how things are going and what issues are taking place.
How does that sound?