But the forum isn't simply for business. Look at Brigs and Centro, or Jim and the Magic Store. They do business in the same area that they talk and think and laugh and intermingle with others of us and there's no clear way to snip away the business part from everything else and hold it separate. Not with the forum the way it is. Intention isn't quite the same thing as what happens after.
You sound as though you're writing something that has already been written and doesn't fit. Are you? (I'm not interested in business, so I suppose it falls under 'Erin' rather than 'Gracewater, E' as of the moment -- I'll let you know if it changes)