Do you prefer minimal or fully featured?

[Shawn Gossman]

A minimal forum is a basic bare-bones forum. The forum is the main feature and all emphasis it on the forum being the main feature.

A fully featured forum is that with many addons or additional features that expands the forum into something more.

Now, my question isn't what you prefer to provide to your members...

My question is what you specifically prefer when being a part of any forum. Also, give me an example of how you use forums that are fully featured versus standard ones!

 

[Mike30]

I joined a forum not long ago with a bunch of features.. I really felt uncomfortable. To many things I don't use and occupying screen space/distractions.

Features should be modular, That only shows if user choose to use them.

I like more the simple.
And really don't like ads within posts and/or images on signatures and/or large text in signatures. I find it disrespectful/very intrusive.