Is it possible to do this in discord? I think it would be much more successful than phpbb.
How so? (Not doubting, genuinely curious).
Discord seems to be a chat app, which is quite different than a forum and even HN itself
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#52Re: Show HN: HackerForums.co, a forum for the crowd that hangs out on HN
#53The problem of a community like this is the future growth. How will you attract more HN'ers after this submission is buried?
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#54Is it possible to do this in discord? I think it would be much more successful than phpbb.
How so? (Not doubting, genuinely curious). Discord seems to be a chat app, which is quite different than a forum and even HN itself
I think parent meant Discourse: https://www.discourse.org/
Re: Show HN: HackerForums.co, a forum for the crowd that hangs out on HN
#55The problem of a community like this is the future growth. How will you attract more HN'ers after this submission is buried?
No clue! Ultimately it's completely unrealistic to expect to siphon off users from anywhere, instead we should have this as a complementary community I guess.
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#56Consider making something without login (like on 4chan).
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#57Turn PHP errors off!
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#58A forum for hackers that doesn't have an NNTP interface? ;)
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#59A forum for hackers that doesn't have an NNTP interface? ;)
I might spin up some NNTP servers if there was enough interest. I would likely keep it text-only.
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#60FAQ = 404