The State of Forum Communities

Forums have been around since the mid 90’s. The early software used to power them was crude. They worked well for like minded people to get together and engage in conversation. Much has changed since then. This is what I see as the state of forum communities in the 2000’s.

The state of forum communities has evolved significantly over the years, influenced by various factors such as technology, social media, and changing user preferences. Here are some key points regarding their current state:

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New General Talk Forum – Closed

I recently, yesterday in fact, bought a database to vbnt.org a general discussion forum. It isn’t a large community. It’s perfect to start with though. It has 539 members and a little over 7,000 posts. The database was from a vbulletin 3.8.5 forum so I decided to use vbulletin 4 for this forum although I won’t rule out a future switch to IPB. I had bought the domain vbnt.net on speculation I would get the data. Turns out I got lucky there.

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Might Use vBulletin For One of My New Sites

I am getting ready to open a new site. It’s been one I have been wanting to open for a while and is in a niche that is rather new. There are some established sites in the niche so the sledding will not be easy, but, since this is a somewhat newer niche there is a good chance of being successful. For this site I will use IPB. I still think IPB is the best forum software to date.

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