I would really appreciate the following additional options for posts in group sections:

• Unlimited change time
  Most of the group contents are not "blog discussion" which require meticulous archiving but content collections where mistakes might be discovered months after the publication. 
• "Invisible" posts & changes
  Some posts are not relevant to appear in the main Conversation section - they are just supplemental. For example it hurts that each time I add a CSV-list to goulnik's excellent tables this bombs into the main conversation lists. It is a minor add-on not something worthy to be made that public. 
• Open posts, wiki style
  There are some posts where I would like encourage each group member to add corrections or additions.
  Design options: With or without highlighting of changes. With or without history.

The ChinesePod Blog is back: http://blog.chinesepod.com/

A lot happened in 2008. We made some progress, we made some mistakes, and we learned some lessons.

One lesson we learned is the importance of a blog for ChinesePod as a direct channel with its community of users. It's just not the same without one, and we miss it. We know some of you miss it too.

The blog is part of our effort at greater transparency. UserVoice was a great step, and the return of the blog is another.  I have added a few of my own Community user posts to the blog that would have gone on the blog had we had one at the time, and I've also been blogging a few things in the past week or so. I'll be writing a more detailed blog post on transparency that will be published this Friday.

See you on the blog!