Perhaps an independent discussion group might spring up, hosted outside of Ebay's reaches?

When the SD conversations  were ongoing and all the criticisms of eBay were allowed on here I questioned why they hosted a board which roasts them every day. The answer appearing to be: better to be in control of the boards than have an independent discussion board.

That said, it would be better all round if they used the boards as a sort of suggestion box which they can focus their teams on fixing issues raised and they certainly don't do that. New boards would be very low on the list as mentioned by others.