Hey Jesta, first off I want to congratulate you for being so transparent and open in your development process. This is exactly the kind of communication that I hope to see from developers in the steem ecosystem, and at this point I have tremendous faith in ChainBB and you.

How do you feel about the proposed pricing?

Pricing seems great. One possible addition that seems fair is this: If a forum is started at a lower tier (for example, if I pay you $50 to start an electronic music forum w/ moderation power), the forum should automatically upgrade to the next tier once you've received enough Beneficiary Rewards to cover the cost.

So in other words - if I start a forum for 50 steem, once we generate you a total of 200 additional steems in beneficiary rewards, we would automatically upgrade to the top tier and start earning our 5% share. I suspect this would create a strong incentive for people to promote and build their communities even if they don't have 250 steem to pay up-front (I don't right now, for example).

Is 1 STEEM too much of a barrier or is it too low of a price?

Too low. I'd say you should bump it up to 10 STEEM to prevent a situation where trolls can easily "DDoS" the system by starting a bunch of crappy unused forums.

Would sharing in 5% of the revenue of a forum be encouragement for you to build one? Would the price stop you?

Yes, I am already interested in participating in this model. It seems like a wonderful way to help build the steem ecosystem while earning rewards in the process.

Are you interested in starting a forum? (I may get some early adopters on board at this point, dependant on feedback)

Yes!! As a long-time steemian in the top 500 users by reputation score, I feel like I could be a prime candidate to be a "beta tester" for the new forum model. If you think I'm a good fit, I would love to talk with you about this.