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mattie_p
on Saturday February 22 2014, @03:56PM
from the slashcode-will-solve-all-your-problems dept.
from the slashcode-will-solve-all-your-problems dept.
technopoptart writes:
"I need advice from people more experienced that I am with open source forum software. I am going to be setting up a forum system for computer science students from the various colleges in the area.
I have been running a closed SMF forum for my wife for a year. I wanted to solicit advice about SMF or any other systems that I may consider. I have played with phpBB but I found it labor intensive, as newly created sections are made invisible even to the admin by default, I don't want a laborious permissions system. I appreciate any advice you can give."
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by tdk on Sunday February 23 2014, @09:07AM
This is exactly the kind of thing we want
Googling is great for finding answers to specific technical questions "what version of perl does slash code use?" "is XenForo open source?", etc
When it comes to subjective questions ("what is the best X for Y?") you end up wasting hours reading flame wars and rants
OTOH this is exactly where a moderated forum with only the most insightful posts visible shines.
"But I want to know what Soylent thinks about this,"
If high-scoring soylent comments aren't on average better informed than the rest of the web, then what exactly is the point of the site? Do you mean you come here for the articles?
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