Looks great!
One element that is missing for those nostalgia vibes that was super common at the time is a visitors counter.
Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum
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Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum
#242As the maintainer of a self-proclaimed "modern" forum software, I always get really excited when new board software comes out. You've probably discovered that building forum software is a lot more complicated than it looks. Those early boards really had a lot more going on under the hood than you thought! It took us (a team of 3) two solid years before we considered ourselves on par with those old boards, feature-wis…
NodeBB is a great piece of software and one of the few modern forums that I'd agree actually holds up to par with the old boards
Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum
#243Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you have <= 100 people actively posting on the forum than yes.
I’ve been an on and off member of car forums. Lots of forums are broken down into sub forms based on model and years, and then sub topic like general discussion, engine problems, mods and so on. It’s much easier to have a few 100s of people commenting on various parts of the forum than a one single feed like HN.
Exactly the example I was thinking of. Same.
You get to control the direction per your interests rather than being sprayed by an algorithm.
Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum
#244Joined! Hope the community ends up taking off a bit, it would be fun to have new/smaller community to become a part of. Joining large existing boards often feels pointless due to the insular groups of regulars with a history going back a decade or longer, not that I blame them.
Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum
#245Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you have <= 100 people actively posting on the forum than yes.
I’ve been an on and off member of car forums. Lots of forums are broken down into sub forms based on model and years, and then sub topic like general discussion, engine problems, mods and so on. It’s much easier to have a few 100s of people commenting on various parts of the forum than a one single feed like HN.
Yeah, I guess I should’ve added at least another 0