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I was very into deploying and modding PhpBB when I was in middle school. I learned PHP because of it (though I didn't build any substantial mods) and how to wor
by alexjplant 3y ago
I was very into deploying and modding PhpBB when I was in middle school. I learned PHP because of it (though I didn't build any substantial mods) and how to work with RDBMSes, Unix filesystems, HTML, etc. The sites that I built never engendered much community interaction though.
I was never a fan of Reddit and find traditional forums much easier to navigate. I also think that the slight friction involved in creating a separate account for these sites instead of re-using the same one across multiple lends itself better to building tight-knit communities. I hope that these systems make a comeback.
- hk1337 3y agoI liked the modding but I preferred Invision Power Board, at the time it looked really nice out of the box and had a lot of good features. PunBB was really nice too, was really clean looking both in the UI and the backend code.
- guestbest 3y agoReddit is easier to read (comment threading) and is text only, which is its unique value proposition. PhpBB forum, which I ironically use way more than Reddit these days, have almost no threading and limits to 10 posts per page with no hiding posts unless block all user posts, and ad banners everywhere. But I welcome any return to self-hosting, even though most site require membership until a user can view full scale images.
- lagniappe 3y agoReddit comments can contain images that display with the text, without requiring a click to open. Previously it was text only, but that is no longer the case.
- guestbest 3y agoThat is only for new topics/posts. They don’t display in the comments in the vanilla user experience.
- squeaky-clean 3y agoSlightly under a year ago reddit added support for images and gifs in comments themselves. https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/yo17rw/i_just_found_out_that_you_can_send_pictures_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/yo17rw/i_just_found_o...
- BowBun 3y agoI don't know that this is always the case, or if it's a scale thing. I remember great, classic forum threads with 100+ pages that would get referenced, maintained, etc. It felt like being put on the same level as everyone else in sequential order was a pretty even playing field. It also gave you the ability to summarize and respond to a few different comments at once instead of having to navigate multiple content threads. That said, I don't know if forum discussions would work for r/funny posts at that scale. It's literally a consistent 10K comments, all junk pretty much. The number of pages would blow up constantly, and it would definitely be harder to navigate the reactions.
- epolanski 3y ago> I hope that these systems make a comeback. Forums are as popular as they were 10 years ago to be honest.