I too dislike the voting system. It adds noise for no reason. New content is scarce, so tagging it as low quality won't help.

I see no point in the online indicator as well, given that the info is available on the main page.

The moderation panel is good ! I hope it will make maintenance easier on you !

Do you think its possible to promote a random thread every week ? That would encourage discussing past topics maybe ?

Oh, and thaks a lot for the new RSS link !