ZB has a private store? wtf?
Competing forum.
No, but a lot of the things you've thrown out in this thread thus far are definitely inspired by features there.
I totally agree that there are things that need to change but I don't think turning Neocodex into a carbon copy of another forum is the answer either 
With lots of brainstorming and help from the community I am confident we can establish our own, original ideas.
@Dan this is also somewhat a response to the last time you quoted me, but in addition I'd like to add that I agree with you. I think so far we've kept a pretty close eye on what makes them popular and we're striving for similar concepts and repairing our own resources, but that will go so much further once we've established a team for the various sections that need attention.
Codex just needs a little TLC. 