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I'm guessing many of these are self-hosted too. What opportunity do you think think there is for a updated, threaded, hosted forum service is? What kind of features would you want?
My feeling is that, for forum software to really be useful (and lucrative), it needs to be usable by businesses. That means allowing customization, probably allowing file attachments, and integrating with a wide variety of software via APIs or installable plugins.
Quora has also dramatically raised the bar. If you haven't already, go join and ask / answer a couple of questions. It's slick, efficient and impressive to use. My feeling is that, for forum software to really be useful (and lucrative), it needs to be usable by businesses. That means allowing customization, probably allowing file attachments, and integrating with a wide variety of software via APIs or installable plu…
Quora has also dramatically raised the bar. If you haven't already, go join and ask / answer a couple of questions. It's slick, efficient and impressive to use. My feeling is that, for forum software to really be useful (and lucrative), it needs to be usable by businesses. That means allowing customization, probably allowing file attachments, and integrating with a wide variety of software via APIs or installable plu…
I hear Quora is good. But they only seem to allow login/signup via facebook.
Quora has also dramatically raised the bar. If you haven't already, go join and ask / answer a couple of questions. It's slick, efficient and impressive to use. My feeling is that, for forum software to really be useful (and lucrative), it needs to be usable by businesses. That means allowing customization, probably allowing file attachments, and integrating with a wide variety of software via APIs or installable plu…
I think there might be lots of things to rethink on the UX side now that we have so many new frameworks available.
If you aim to build a 100% hosted service, I feel like suggesting to let the client keep ownership of the database at least. I wouldn't like to give total control of all the posts on my forum to somebody else.
I'd say simplier & better looking interfaces + open customization features is the path to follow. Just my 2c.
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I hear Quora is good. But they only seem to allow login/signup via facebook.
Or Twitter, I think. But yes, it's a very odd choice to not allow (1) OpenID logins, and (2) basic registration - particularly given their early adopter audience.
That's something I often thought myself, phpBB/vBulletin type of forums have been around for 10+ years now, and they haven't changed a lot since then. I think there might be lots of things to rethink on the UX side now that we have so many new frameworks available. If you aim to build a 100% hosted service, I feel like suggesting to let the client keep ownership of the database at least. I wouldn't like to give total…
Interesting what you say about db ownership. And I guess for established forums there would be migration considerations too (maybe this is why they haven't upgraded?)
Customization would be no problem. You could allow users to source their own css for example.
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Or Twitter, I think. But yes, it's a very odd choice to not allow (1) OpenID logins, and (2) basic registration - particularly given their early adopter audience.
Maybe they don't allow it because of their early adopter audience: who among that crowd does not have a twitter or FB account?
Quora has also dramatically raised the bar. If you haven't already, go join and ask / answer a couple of questions. It's slick, efficient and impressive to use. My feeling is that, for forum software to really be useful (and lucrative), it needs to be usable by businesses. That means allowing customization, probably allowing file attachments, and integrating with a wide variety of software via APIs or installable plu…