Forum Software Specific Admin Forums

Discussion in 'Managing Your Online Community' started by 2dub, Mar 29, 2013.

  1. 2dub

    2dub Regular Member

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    No offense to anybody intended with this post.

    I learned most about starting and building my community through some forums (like vbsetup.com) which were specific to certain forum software. Now I am finding far fewer forum software specific forums; and the ones I find are not as active or not as informative.

    Why are there so many less forum specific admin forums around?
     
  2. Brandon

    Brandon Regular Member

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    Fwiw, it was never my intent to make vbsetup specific to vbulletin, it was just an easy market at the time and helped my vb services.
     
  3. petertdavis

    petertdavis Old Timer

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    When I want a software specific admin forum I will just go to the support forum for that software.
     
  4. CM30

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    I think that practically speaking, it's because no one forum script has a near monopoly over the market any more. Hence there's not really the audience for a forum software specific admin forum any more.

    That and as said above, it's competing with the official support forum, never a good idea for forum activity.
     
  5. fattony69

    fattony69 Regular Member

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    Taz was originally just for vBulletin. There were IPB forums. They disappeared. Hell, XenForo had them and the owner was polar. Phpbb still has some I believe as well as all the other free forums.
     

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