Well I've only been a member for nearly two of the ten years, after receiving my Kindle for Christmas 2010, but I can safely say that MR is the first place I come to after checking emails every morning. It has become embedded in my way of life.
Very difficult to choose a single favourite - I really enjoy the
Writers' Corner, lurking for tips and contributing if I can; The
What's In Your Cup thread in the
Lounge is a great place to drop in for a chat; and the
General Discussions forum is always good for a browse when all my subscribed threads have gone quiet.
But I guess my overall fave has to be the
Reading Recommendations forum, which has guided me to books and authors I would never have considered reading otherwise (my current Chelsea Cain kick in one such case in point - thank you poohbear_nc). How to improve on this forum
? That's a difficult call. You could potentially add sub-forums to cater for genres, but this could be a mistake, as I would never have read some of the fantasy or YA books that I have done over the past two years, as I wouldn't have looked into these sub-forums. Perhaps some form of notification system that automatically prompts you if a certain author is being posted about, or a new reading challenge thread is opened? I have missed a couple of challenges because I have not checked the new posts quickly enough.
But fundamentally I'm extremely happy with the way the site functions, and hope to stay for a very long time...