This is a pretty slick system but it would be nice to be able to better preview what you are about to post and see what it will look like. Either a preview button that will render the post as it will look on the forum or maybe using a different wysiwyg editor that will show the formatted post (especially pictures) instead of the shortcode. I am a big fan of ckeditor myself and have used it a lot in my projects at work.
When answering if you look on your right you will see what your post will look like when posted.
Oh! Is there a setting that needs to be toggled to see this? When creating a post I see a potentially similar threads section instead of a preview.
Thank you for this breakdown! 
Didn‘t know this! Thank you!
