“Groups” here on this site act as gathering points of interests. Within these groups, you can have a forum where people can post messages like this. There is also the possibility of attaching other data to a group.
People should feel free to create more groups. I expect there to be ones centered on different overall topics that are general enough or focused enough (either!) to spawn organized message boards. I expect that most of the different Buddhist traditions and a number of organizations or lineages will have groups to act as a center point for forum discussions.
You can also have private groups or even hidden groups.
I encourage people to create groups within reason and to play with things a bit.
