I am always on the lookout for admins who don't mind competitor promotion. PC your site and Il see if I can ask your members if my forum is a good alternative to yoursDid you know that XenForo fans also posted about XF on vBulletin com/org forums?
I'm just sharing the news which I'm sure is of interest for all of us forum admins.
I guess you never heard of StackExchange and their network of highly successful forums which use a similar layout to Flarum..People never seem to be able to grasp the concept of a successful forum.
Look at Flarum. Look at Vanilla. Same kind of 'anti-forum' layout with the content all messily slapped on the first page.
Now look at forums as a whole - how many big, successful forums can you count on one hand that use that design and layout?
The answer is none. No big, successful forum uses that layout, and there's a reason for that.
No. Flarum is not, nor ever will be a real competitor to XenForo. Nor will it be for IPB, vBulletin, PHPBB or any other traditional forum system.
Imagine trying to run something like AVForums or DigitalPoint on that style forum system. They'd be dead in 5 seconds.
StackExchange is not a forum, is not set out like a forum, and has no real forum style community.I guess you never heard of StackExchange and their network of highly successful forums which use a similar layout to Flarum..
Do you like it?
Times are changing, and we need to move ahead and leave behind the traditional "forum" we are used to in order to not lose out to competition.People never seem to be able to grasp the concept of a successful forum.
Look at Flarum. Look at Vanilla. Same kind of 'anti-forum' layout with the content all messily slapped on the first page.
Now look at forums as a whole - how many big, successful forums can you count on one hand that use that design and layout?
The answer is none. No big, successful forum uses that layout, and there's a reason for that.
No. Flarum is not, nor ever will be a real competitor to XenForo. Nor will it be for IPB, vBulletin, PHPBB or any other traditional forum system.
Imagine trying to run something like AVForums or DigitalPoint on that style forum system. They'd be dead in 5 seconds.
The answer is none. No big, successful forum uses that layout, and there's a reason for that.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sitepoint.com Looks like a decent amount of people.who uses sitepoint lol
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sitepoint.com Looks like a decent amount of people.
Now look at how active discussion is. Even if you go back 5, 10 pages, most threads have 1 or no replies.Sitepoint
Thanks for sharing it. It may have a hard time getting adopted by those of us still slain by the speed and simplicity of XF.Hi guys,
As many of you know, a few days ago the first beta of Flarum was released: Flarum Beta is here! - Flarum Community
What is Flarum? Well, it is a new forum software with interesting innovation. It really looks promising: Flarum – Forums Made Simple. Flarum is coded by Toby Zerner and Franz Liedke.
Do you like it?
Thanks,
Super120
So much this. StackExchange is NOT a forum. It is a competition for who writes the best response.StackExchange is not a forum, is not set out like a forum, and has no real forum style community.
You go to a stack exchange site for Q&A, not for general discussion. You also don't tend to have one on one conversations.
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