It's interesting how the Russian community mainly uses social networks for freestyle. I think a forum is more convenient for conversation, but I can definitely see the advantages of social networks for meeting people, sharing pictures, etc.
Quick question, should we add an International forum to BF? I've wanted to for a long time but people said no. I still think it's a good idea. We'd have one International forum and then sub-forums under it for the main non-English languages. I'm thinking Russian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.
I know some of these countries have their own forums but it wouldn't hurt. Might bring in a new crowd to unify the entire freestyle community. Even if people don't speak English, they could still join and take part in their own forum section, then they could share videos in the Videos section since you don't need English for that. I think we need to bring everyone together.