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Listed from most important to least important, in my opinion:
I'd rather have one single post with various classifications than several non-extant "sub-communities" repeated with only one vote indicating it's not popular when actually one copy may have been, making the whole voting thing pointless. If enough folks actually build this site up into actual sub-communities, then build those sub-tools and sorting tools as needed.
Also on meta-tags, but not important...
1b) Let the OP edit the tags/subs (and maybe the titles too). Sometimes it's misspelled, sometimes an error is made, sometimes something is overlooked.
1c) Let the community create/edit tags/subs. Preferably make a distinction (colour?) to show that it's not the OP's categorization(s).
1d) My MetaVote™ idea (a 5x5 grid) might be something worth embracing for better ranking - as well as making this site uniquely stand out. And of course you'd get more powerful statistics to work with. It could also be used for quick-tagging and categorization. Or it could be a failed experiment and waste of time. It's new, it's different, and it's never been done before. It might make more sense and have more appeal if I animated a fictional proto-demo before it were actually built.
1e) Auto tag/subs and hierarchy categorization might be nice too. For example, all links to YouTube would be tagged "YouTube" under "Videos".
In a sub/feed - or maybe in a new format to list and sort and select from. This is so community folks don't miss out on interesting info, ideas, banter, communications, etc. Easier than seeking out comments and keeping track of how many there are and if they've changed. This is IMO more important than having a chat for community, site-wide for now, later customizable for selected subs.
This would be a single post, pinned to the top of all front pages (hot, new, top, etc.) and every sub/feed (including "site-wide comments").
3b) Each post title would state the date it was published for clarity in its dedicated feed (every Monday?). Admin could be main editor and/or we could vote on what we want to see included in the news. The "news" could mean whatever you want it to mean. Maybe there are announcements now and then. Maybe there's a welcome paragraph. A canary. Goals, roadmap, benchmarks, development, etc. - not just for the back-end code, features, and GUI - but also for community building and development. Whatever. Maybe there's really nothing to say.
3c) IMO, there should be a few critical subs listed by default (Announcements, Donate/Support, GoatMatrix, GUI_Themes/Skins, Gvid.TV, Ideas4Matrix, Img.Gvid.TV, MatrixDev, MovieNight, and other community related stuff, and maybe even active member's sites) along with the number of days/hours/minutes since their last activity.
3d) Auto-Generated Statistics.
This idea is the original catalyst for this post. We could vote on what stats we want to see published (weekly?). We could see which are the most popular subs/tags/topics. Who posts the most. How much activity/traffic/lurkers we get. With logged statistics you can develop ways to illustrate, measure, and compare developments, trends, etc. Perhaps we'd find our strengths and weaknesses, busy times, slow times, etc. There's really no end to the potential - but first the data must be defined, collected, and presented. This is worthy of an entirely dedicated discussion, with or without the "Weekly News".
I know this is critically important even though I have yet to use GoatMatrix.net on my phone (If I'm mobile I rarely ever use my phone for anything more than YouTube, texts, and calls). Some people won't use this site if it's not phone-friendly and phone-pretty. This ties into #7 GUI-Themes (below).
Clearly understood published algorithms. Not an equation in code. Explain like I'm 5 years old. Anywhere there is a vote or pol, we should see how it's all weighted, what the limitations are (ie. you only get 5 votes on 20 options), and whatever else affects the outcome. If necessary, copypaste it, autogen it, and/or put it in a separate box like a map-key. Share the algos with the community for full transparency. Also, IMO, it's worth being able to see who else voted on stuff (ideally by hover-over or click on an (i) for simplicity), whether it's revealed before, during, or after you've voted.
I was told the messages and tools have been improved. I will find out soon, when I have a day to go through my 299 messages. I hope I can save things to revisit later.
I'll need to find more than a day to learn how to do this (document and/or improve documentation) and develop some skins. Before that I should also design a logo, maybe a mascot, some design guides, merch ideas, etc.
A way to crossover to a wiki (ie. Projex.Wiki). Posts are ephemeral, lost in time. A wiki is meant to be a perpetual reference. GoatMatrix could use some documentation that is clearly presented, not lost in a feed to search through to maybe find.
Individuals' pages that they can customize, share info and/or images about themselves, list their posts, list statistics on what they post, brandish their vote scores, etc. Might not be necessary if a wiki-crossover is created.
Press releases, video ads, funny, serious, stickers, merch, whatever. Everybody get on the Hype Train! More on this after we address #4 and #7.