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Are there any active forums besides the main moot.it/forum? I tried going to relatively common keywords and most are just people kinda squatting on them during the initial landgrab.
If there was an easy import feature for Disqus threads, I'd probably switch right over.
I really like the features offered (especially the realtime updates), and how you can customise it. Would prefer to host it on my own website though.
3 years to launch? It seems a lot of time without the user's consent. Although, nice work, very consistent.
Thanks!
We have a startup ( http://microco.sm/ ) in this very space (hosted forums) and will be launching our alpha in the next two weeks. Our design rushes are pretty close to this (though we haven't updated the linked site in ages it feels) and we love that others are innovating in this space and feel that they've also spotted and validated a need for simpler, more engaging forums.
I really like the look of this, one of the much stronger offerings to have emerged in this space.
Will be good to see how we all do in a year or so, and which we way pivot and the changes in our respective business models.
Right now this looks like more of a Disqus rival than anything, but I'm sure they will do well with things like forums for really small communities such as housing associations and knitting groups, etc.
I don't believe in forums as a SaaS. Wordpress growth, in a sense, it is because it is open source. You can have your own version, and also, if you prefer, they can host your blog. A forums is a different kind of service, takes a lot of time and effort to build a community, and if this guys dissapear in 2 or 3 months, years, etc, it is a big loss. I prefer the path that Discourse is taking. It's software is open sour…
Yes, there are risks, as you pointed out. There are also benefits.
The forum service provider rolls out updates
The forum service provider applies security patches
The forum service provider keeps the service running 24 hours, and gets woken up in the middle of the night to fix unexpected crashes, not me.
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I try to outsource anything I can. And forums is one of them.
Because I'd be wary about using something under a C&D with such a clear case.
Have you sorted out the legal issues with the name? Because I'd be wary about using something under a C&D with such a clear case.
I don't understand the need to claim such a broad copyright license on content submitted.
"When providing us with content or posting content on Moot’s site or related third-party sites, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right AND LICENSE to exercise any and all copyright, trademark, publicity, and database rights you have in the content, in any media known now or in the future."
The "Why do we have this clause" link doesn't feel like it answers that either.
Also, the "Following is guaranteed" bit needs work. It sounds good, but is legally worthless, I expect.
I don't believe in forums as a SaaS. Wordpress growth, in a sense, it is because it is open source. You can have your own version, and also, if you prefer, they can host your blog. A forums is a different kind of service, takes a lot of time and effort to build a community, and if this guys dissapear in 2 or 3 months, years, etc, it is a big loss. I prefer the path that Discourse is taking. It's software is open sour…
I _do_ believe in forums as a SaaS. Yes, there are risks, as you pointed out. There are also benefits. The forum service provider rolls out updates The forum service provider applies security patches The forum service provider keeps the service running 24 hours, and gets woken up in the middle of the night to fix unexpected crashes, not me. -- I try to outsource anything I can. And forums is one of them.
Just Google for "Powered by vBulletin 3.8" to see how many hundred thousands of forums are running old unpatched versions of forum software.
Most people who run forums are into the topic of the forum, not becoming a sysadmin.