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    Is vb5 almost there now

    The only issue I had that early really was with search... it was totally unusable. The whole reason I made this:...
    Post by: digitalpoint, May 12, 2014 in forum: vBulletin Discussions
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    Forum owner deletes 12.9 Million Posts

    Was totally my own fault... was tired and spaced out and started ndbd (storage engine for MySQL Cluster) with the "--initial" flag. I guarantee...
    Post by: digitalpoint, May 12, 2014 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Is vb5 almost there now

    It's pretty terrible. It's so painful to even visit a site using vB5, I more or less just close the window if it's vB5 now. So little about it...
    Post by: digitalpoint, May 12, 2014 in forum: vBulletin Discussions
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    Forum owner deletes 12.9 Million Posts

    I deleted my entire database (not just the forum) about a year ago and almost died. Kinda the same, right? (hah) That definitely was not a good...
    Post by: digitalpoint, May 12, 2014 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    How did you fund your community?

    Self-funded for 10 years, then when traffic on the site went crazy, we had to open a forum to support the users we already had. Donations paid...
    Post by: digitalpoint, Apr 29, 2014 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Sitepoint moves to Discourse?

    The intent of our system isn't to drive post volume... In fact, quite the opposite. It's rewards quality over quantity. The primary purpose of...
    Post by: digitalpoint, Apr 2, 2014 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Have you ever noticed that the forums tend to always turn into a site's focus?

    Not entirely accurate... Our forum started in large part because we needed a support venue for the users of our products and tools. And believe...
    Post by: digitalpoint, Mar 27, 2014 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Does xenForo get communities?

    If they just wanted to help out, they should have given money directly. There really is no point in buying something you don't need as it only...
    Post by: digitalpoint, Mar 8, 2014 in forum: XenForo Discussions
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    Does xenForo get communities?

    Customers... They were buying something of value that they wanted/needed. Friends would *give* you the money for nothing in return. If I buy gas...
    Post by: digitalpoint, Mar 7, 2014 in forum: XenForo Discussions
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    Does xenForo get communities?

    Shooting the shit with your users in a community unfortunately just doesn't scale well. I'm sure Mark Zuckerberg was more personally engaging...
    Post by: digitalpoint, Mar 7, 2014 in forum: XenForo Discussions
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    Big news at vBulletin.com...

    Why are people so obsessed with vB's sales numbers? lol
    Post by: digitalpoint, Feb 14, 2014 in forum: vBulletin Discussions