There are many sections of NG that could help to further bring a sense of community and unity to the common user. Each button on NG's navigation brings you to a familiar layout, yet no section feels bound to another. Especially to newcomers, participating in new locales may be a bit overwhelming and foriegn. With such a large community, there may be ways to help new and old users blossom and prosper as one, with adequate balance amongst NG's more celebrated features.
(I'll begin with the AP.)
How we can inject the Audio Portal's great collections into the rest of NG:
Easy Listening.
Audio Portal Radio
A small media player that allows you to browse the site (or others) while allowing you to play genres, artists, or a playlist of favorites. Sure, you can download most songs and open them up in a miniscule-sized WinAmp player, but, NG can somehow better the overall unity of all the far corners and happenings of the site, implament adverts, or whatever the fuck.
To further enhance a rather dull BBS experience.
Musical Topics
Gosh, this one is a quite the stretch, but imagine the sheer magnitude of pixelated boredom the usual populace of threads gratuitously provide. Now imagine such a thread scored. Its 100foldsamuraisword better, no?
I'm suggested topic-creators have a small audio-portal media player option inwhich they can select a song from the audio portal's collection for their topic. So upon viewing a topic, the first post will have a suitably placed play/stop button featured at the start of the first post. This can help to enhance recognition of sarcasm, emotion, or hilarity in threads.
Face it, the audio portal needs more light shed upon its blisteringly beautiful collection.
HELL, why not exploit it on the boards. The BBS is already visually attractive and its cosmetic polish with picture uploads, levels, and signatures works well, yet, being able to slap on a 'theme song', if you will, could make browsing and contributing to the BBS an unmatched and refreshing experience.