RE: STEEM Forum Interface (Prototype)
As @the-ego-is-you mentioned, it would be absolutely possible just by using a specific tag. Anyone using that tag as the first tag in their post would have their content fall under that new forum. To make it even more clear while posting, I'd also likely make it so while you're in a forum (any forum), and click "Post New Thread", that it would automatically assign the first tag to match the forum and then let you pick 4 additional tags.
Right now these forums run only on the SteemDB server (because I'm using the database that powers SteemDB for the prototype), but with enough time and effort put forth, this forum software could actually run a lot like I have Reprint setup, where anyone could download and set it up on their own server.
There's also the option that I could just add some features to SteemDB that lets you login and create a forum of your choosing as well, and have it hosted :)
really cool! I think you've got yourself a killer app right there. Can you imagine if that software was setup with the new arbitrary reward for the publisher? That way you could definitely fund this project through all the forums deciding to use your system :-)
How's Reprint and GreyMass doing?
Absolutely - the new system in development (that splits a small portion of the reward with the platform you're using) might be a way to really fund a project like this. I look forward to seeing where that feature heads and when it lands!
Reprint's doing alright, albeit slow. We've hit some hiccups on the business side of things, it seems the market really wants an inclusive tool (with authoring and GUI components), which is just something it doesn't have and will take a lot of time to build.
The open source project itself is working great though, the "updates" section on steemdb is actually running the newest version. Right now it also seems a bit too technically demanding for those who would migrate over from wordpress. It's definitely turning out to be a marathon project rather than the sprint we had hoped it would be.
You are too awesome.