Post AN6pqccT4qRvDfESHo by rmgr@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AN6pqc31Ce5pRie920 by ifixcoinops@mastodon.social
       2022-08-31T22:31:42Z
       
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       I've not started a new general-purpose forum since PHPBB days, what's the current state-of-the-art and what are the personal recommendations of experienced Fediverse folks? Boosts appreciated!
       
 (DIR) Post #AN6pqccT4qRvDfESHo by rmgr@fosstodon.org
       2022-08-31T22:36:58Z
       
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       @ifixcoinops I use a forum which runs on Xenforo which I believe is proprietary but it's fantastic across desktop and mobile.Discourse seems popular but I can't understand why, I find it super unintuitive to use.
       
 (DIR) Post #AN6pqdm4mbjGnkjdtw by ifixcoinops@mastodon.social
       2022-08-31T22:33:40Z
       
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       Oh phpbb is still going, cool
       
 (DIR) Post #AN6pqeF92WyuFuKrD6 by rmgr@fosstodon.org
       2022-08-31T22:38:15Z
       
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       @ifixcoinops (https://www.rpgpub.com/ is the Xenforo forum BTW)
       
 (DIR) Post #AN6pqfRwYQoTztKanY by ifixcoinops@mastodon.social
       2022-08-31T22:52:30Z
       
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       Looks like they stopped posting in 2018 and then just turned up again this year like it were nowt, all "yeah so as I was saying,"
       
 (DIR) Post #AN6qNhrGcXxJ1UvjbU by ray@alongtheray.social
       2022-09-01T04:35:32.890951Z
       
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       @rmgr @ifixcoinops I host several forums with Xenforo, it's great. It's not open source, however.You can find open source forum software here: https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted#communication---social-networks-and-forums(I've used both phpBB and SMF from that list which worked well)
       
 (DIR) Post #AN81TVPB7w8InAigVs by aspensmonster@mastodon.technology
       2022-08-31T22:35:42Z
       
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       @ifixcoinops I wouldn't call Lemmy --a fediverse Reddit alternative-- a perfect match for straight-up *forum* software, but I would call it the closest existing *federated* match. Granted, the built-in time decay of environments like Reddit is in stark contrast to old-school forums, where pinned threads and user activity were the only drivers of what showed up for users to see.I too am curious to see what the state of the art looks like these days.#lemmy #fediverse #forum
       
 (DIR) Post #AN81TVvRBzwAPDoRnM by whou@indieweb.social
       2022-09-01T12:59:32Z
       
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       @aspensmonster @ifixcoinops now you can use LemmyBB, which does look like a regular phpbb forum with a federated backendhttps://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmyBB