The legal ramifications are I think something a lawyer would have to carefully weigh before cosnidering such a program. While the intent is admirable it is frought with danger simply because those posting are emotional and not objective. Specially if you feel you have been wronged.

Free flow of information and warnings are needed, but as long as there are posters who feed on drama like Maxpower, then you can expect a great deal of false information and drama that is unnecessary or relevent. Which defeats the entire purpose of the forum itself.

Frankly, the way Lee has handled most of these instances seems to work out, without the need for a separate forum and while it would be nice to have, a simple search of the forum can lead to past postings.

The real issue is to give posters the freedom of posting without the slugging matches that ensue. No separate forum will do that. Address that aspect and then you can easily achieve a more open arena for discussion free from the crapola and without the need of private forums or special forums.