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Re: Show HN: HackerForums.co, a forum for the crowd that hangs out on HN

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Post by dchuk »

This site was borne of the discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17068138

(Specifically this part of the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17071224)

I spun up an instance of phpBB (trying to keep costs down) and customized a ThemeForest theme to make it not ugly. I'll post a thread today that lists all of my notes from the setup process of the site for anyone interested.

I'm a huge fan of the bulletin board/flat forum model of communication, so I'm hoping this site can blossom into a community of high quality folks having high quality conversations.

EDIT: Also, this is my first foray into setting up and using phpBB, so please let me know if I need to adjust anything. I tried to keep most settings at the default because I assumed that made more sense than me tickering, but I'm all ears if things are weird.

Re: Show HN: HackerForums.co, a forum for the crowd that hangs out on HN

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Post by greggyb »

I've already registered. I'm super hopeful that this grows into a real forum community for extended discussions. I, like many other posters in the inspiration thread, used to have a number of forums I frequented which mostly died off between the rise of Facebook and Reddit. I'm a fan of the conversation format, and I hope enough others are as well (:

Re: Show HN: HackerForums.co, a forum for the crowd that hangs out on HN

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Post by dchuk »

sevensor wrote: post #5

Neat idea. I generally like HN, but it's definitely not a hangout spot. Discouraging idle chatter cuts both ways.

Agreed, and thank you! Come join us!

Another major upside to forums is the ability to easily directly connect to folks. I've made many friends that way over the years in various forums, and business partners.

Re: Show HN: HackerForums.co, a forum for the crowd that hangs out on HN

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Post by dchuk »

greggyb wrote: post #3

I've already registered. I'm super hopeful that this grows into a real forum community for extended discussions. I, like many other posters in the inspiration thread, used to have a number of forums I frequented which mostly died off between the rise of Facebook and Reddit. I'm a fan of the conversation format, and I hope enough others are as well (:

Thanks for signing up! I have the same hope, let's see how it goes.
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