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> I'm a bit lost, even after trying the demo I can't understand why this should be better than, say, Discourse. That's a valid question - I'm pushing to launch
by philip1209 3y ago
> I'm a bit lost, even after trying the demo I can't understand why this should be better than, say, Discourse.
That's a valid question - I'm pushing to launch at the "minimum viable" stage. But, I plan to mature Booklet into more of a managed service, intended for invite-only networks and internal company discussions.
Discourse is a great product. However, I know of a couple very large companies that started to use Discourse and even went as far as paying design firms to customize it, only to back out due to challenges. I think a lot of the complexity of Discourse comes from its reputation system - which is designed to prevent spam. But, for an internal company use case - those tools are not useful, and become annoying. Even if there's a way to turn them off, I think it gives the software a clunky feel.
There's something elegant about an "omakase" approach, where companies can use it out of the box.
- chillbill 3y ago[dead]
- gremlinsinc 3y agoyou should think about trying to build this using the WordPress model, though that might work better in JavaScript, or PHP as those are more supported on cheap bluehost servers, you'd want self hostable to be one click install. you could have hosted instances and freemium plugins with paid upgrades for monetization.