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Where is the Wordpress.com (i.e. commercial hosting) for forums? I maintain a SMF forum that's lasted since 2000, but I get why most people aren't jumping into

by Svip 2y ago

Where is the Wordpress.com (i.e. commercial hosting) for forums? I maintain a SMF forum that's lasted since 2000, but I get why most people aren't jumping into creating a new forum, because it's rather tedious compared to Discord. Hell, better ask instead; where is the Discord but for forums (real ones, not Discord)?

CharlieDigital 2y ago
Isn't that just Reddit?
- beeboobaa3 2y ago
  No, on reddit you are subjected to the reddit administrators their policies. You have no real control. The user interface is also awful if you're interested in content older than a day.
  - boxed 2y ago
    And the voting system builds toxicity for smaller user numbers than should otherwise be needed.
  - CharlieDigital 2y ago
    It's not that different from Discord; unless you run the platform, there's always the risk of deplatforming.
- Svip 2y ago
  Mostly, yes. Particularly in the terms of "Discord-difying forums". But you cannot have multiple subforums for your community on Reddit (unless you do something weird with subsubreddits, but those won't be clearly visible). Discord allows you to have several channels. Additionally, I'd like an alternative that isn't threaded like Reddit and HN. Threaded communities have their place, but classic chronological topics also do.
hprotagonist 2y ago
discourse has a few commercial hosting platforms. communiteq is one i’ve used.
- sneak 2y ago
  I use communiteq for my website’s hosted forum and am happy with them.
lobsterthief 2y ago
It’s called Discourse and it’s really great
- bogwog 2y ago
  I don't know what it is about Discourse, but I can never get into it. Maybe it's the UI? It feels like a disorganized mess to me.
animaomnium 2y ago
If you're looking for the same sort of walled-garden corporate-degen vibe, try reddit? They even have nested conversations, like on Hacker News! /s But seriously, Discourse is good forum software. You can self-host it or pay for a hosted instance. An example instance is IRLO, https://internals.rust-lang.org https://internals.rust-lang.org
asplake 2y ago
Circle?
rglullis 2y ago
https://flarum.org/hosting https://flarum.org/hosting

by Svip 2y ago

CharlieDigital 2y ago

Isn't that just Reddit?

beeboobaa3 2y ago
No, on reddit you are subjected to the reddit administrators their policies. You have no real control. The user interface is also awful if you're interested in content older than a day.
- boxed 2y ago
  And the voting system builds toxicity for smaller user numbers than should otherwise be needed.
- CharlieDigital 2y ago
  It's not that different from Discord; unless you run the platform, there's always the risk of deplatforming.
Svip 2y ago
Mostly, yes. Particularly in the terms of "Discord-difying forums". But you cannot have multiple subforums for your community on Reddit (unless you do something weird with subsubreddits, but those won't be clearly visible). Discord allows you to have several channels. Additionally, I'd like an alternative that isn't threaded like Reddit and HN. Threaded communities have their place, but classic chronological topics also do.

hprotagonist 2y ago

discourse has a few commercial hosting platforms. communiteq is one i’ve used.

sneak 2y ago
I use communiteq for my website’s hosted forum and am happy with them.

lobsterthief 2y ago

It’s called Discourse and it’s really great

bogwog 2y ago
I don't know what it is about Discourse, but I can never get into it. Maybe it's the UI? It feels like a disorganized mess to me.

animaomnium 2y ago

If you're looking for the same sort of walled-garden corporate-degen vibe, try reddit? They even have nested conversations, like on Hacker News! /s But seriously, Discourse is good forum software. You can self-host it or pay for a hosted instance. An example instance is IRLO, https://internals.rust-lang.org https://internals.rust-lang.org

asplake 2y ago

Circle?

rglullis 2y ago

https://flarum.org/hosting https://flarum.org/hosting