Forum Software Debate
Discussions center on preferences for traditional forum software like phpBB and vBulletin versus modern alternatives like Discourse, with comparisons to Reddit, Discord, and debates on the decline and potential revival of forums.
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Check out Discourse, which is a proper, modern forum and a way better experience.
Why the past tense? Forums - like this one - still exist. And it's easier then ever to make a moderated forum (a subreddit, a discord server, a facebook group).
> Give me some forum insteadThat's exactly why Discourse [0] exists. Try it.[0]: https://discourse.org
I'm surprised they don't use Discourse for the forums
something like Discourse (old good forums?)
Why not just a forum? Discourse, etc.?
why not reddit? Topical threaded conversation like miles better then the classic forums, they can't die fast enough.
Discourse doesn't feel like old, real forums.phpBB has nicer layout
What about just an old fashioned forum? Discourse (not Discord) is still around and is great for threading.
> Please just use a forum. Discourse seems to be the good/popular one.Honestly it's a shame that forums aren't a big thing anymore.I especially loved the look and feel of systems like phpBB or SMF forum software. Just really nice readability and usability, good organization of everything and pretty limited hardware requirements. I'd argue that even better in some ways than Discourse, despite its more modern look.The only problem was that due to how they were deplo