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Is paid forum software overrated?
- Thread starter The Jason
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Sometimes though, if you're a foruming 'newby' & are obsessed with a certain personality; then when you find a forum that has all of the best & newest "inside scoop" on that persona, you might pay whatever they're asking. 
What do you mean? I don't get it.Sometimes though, if you're a foruming 'newby' & are obsessed with a certain personality; then when you find a forum that has all of the best & newest "inside scoop" on that persona, you might pay whatever they're asking.
Well.....I guess it's like if you're just going "ga-ga" over a particular TV or radio personality & someone forms a 'fan' forum covering all of the latest 'happenings' re: this certain person including frequent postings by the celebrity & wants to charge a monthly fee for membership to the forum.
Okay....clear as mud??
Sounds like a good way to make money.Well.....I guess it's like if you're just going "ga-ga" over a particular TV or radio personality & someone forms a 'fan' forum covering all of the latest 'happenings' re: this certain person including frequent postings by the celebrity & wants to charge a monthly fee for membership to the forum.
Okay....clear as mud??
Speaking solely from personal experience, I've used just about every "free" forum script, and many of the paid ones, and there just isn't a comparison. Some free ones have good features, and what not, but I simply found that paid ones just offer more IMO.
It depends on what DIY I want to do. I don't mind it.
Cool. If it works for you, go for it!
Overrated? In general, I'd say no. If you're sticking with the top paid software vs. the top free software, it isn't close. If you're using some terrible paid software, maybe it's overrated then. Take a look at the Forums.net service that ProBoards offers, for example. Maybe you could call that overrated.
Given how well some free forum platforms - *cough* Proboards *cough* - have become in terms of front-end usage and back-end support, paid forum platofrms like Xenforo are almost unnecessary these days.
That said, you get what you pay for and if you're using a free platform, you will get whatever is available.
Do you enjoy using it? I had a ProBoard back in like 2001, but was disappointed by the limited admin ability, and forced ads (which I paid money to remove). I only used them because I didn't know how to self-host. I quickly learned however and started out with phpBB (also free), but I hosted it on my own server. Good stuff!
A good idea IMO. I like paid forum scripts, but if you have a decent web server account, self-hosted, even with like phpBB, is much better than any "free" remotely hosted system.
Yes agreed....
Paid stuff is great, but in certain situations, free works just as well for certain people.
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