I was thinking,
Would it be a bad idea to slightly lighten the color of the default font used all over the site?
The grey currently used is somewhat hard to see at my school on these ugly pieces of equipment we call "Macs". Also, the color is the same as the lowest rank's color, which makes it seem a little noobish, I don't know if others do it, but when I read through threads, I tend to ignore the grey ones. I know it's simple enough to change it for each individual post, but it can't be too hard to change it globally either.
Either replacing the grey with a lighter color for everyone. OR changing the default color to match your rank's color.
Underseas
I hope you consider my suggestion!