First, this seems to be a grey area in the forum rules, so I would like to know if it is allowable - and in what forum or forums. It does not quite fit any category I see.

Second, is it possible to add a new subforum for this?

I guess I should explain more.
Say someone knows a certain program, game, or whatever very well and finds themselves recommending it to forum users several times... but does not want to go through the hassle of setting up a webserver, forum, etc etc all on their own just to post a mini review they make pointing out the features shortcomings and such of a program they know and use well. Would it not be a good idea to have a subforum for mini-reviews that people can write about software? it would be a great "Bazaar-like" place for sharing information on programs that are available that relatively few people know about.


To that end, this idea could concievably be extended to other things then free software available on the net...

As far as i can see, there is no problem with that. As long as you keep it clean (no warez), and as long as users dont sign up just to post a "review"(spam).

The forums fit for that? For now the software forum will do just fine i think. If there are more people whom post reviews, we will discuss it in the crew, wether or not we make a new forum for it

thanks for your suggestion, much appreciated

Martin