I think a stream of consciousness may function as a sort of, FB like news feed.  A public thread could stay cued to the lastest responses, and when needed you could edit or delete your posts. And,,,                                  Through a Private Message, you could exchange your contact info with a trusted friend, and not the entire internet.

From there you can search the forum and move onto another subject, or possibly a market place, maybe a photo gallery.                                  Or you can read from a pdf Library where you can get a jump start with the newest book about cultivating tobacco for the home gardener. Or maybe a book about building a tobacco kiln that’s used to flue cure the Virginia tobacco you just picked.