New Forum Software

[sdp]

You want a new forum?  You can write Bitcoin related posts at proofofbrain.org.  We welcome Bitcoin posts.  The software is based on Ecency code and is backed by the Hive blockchain.  I am actively developing it now.  If you wish to see a specific feature, a user can request here.

What would you like to see in proofofbrain.blog, to make it your favorite forum?

I know I think I need to add notifications, private chat, and private messages...

[dkbit98]

You want a new forum?  You can write Bitcoin related posts at proofofbrain.org.  We welcome Bitcoin posts.

Forum you mentioned in your post is not related with Bitcointalk forum software, so you should move this post to Project Development board:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=12.0

What would you like to see in proofofbrain.blog, to make it your favorite forum?

You have hard task in front of you to beat Bitcointalk forum that is most popular crypto forum in the world, and younger people in general are moving away from forums to social media with short attention span.

[NeuroticFish]

You want a new forum?

Actually... we may just want a different look for this forum.
As said, it'll be difficult to beat Bitcointalk. It has history, it has great info stored in it and it has great and helpful members. What does your forum have? And if you'll tell me that you have nothing, but it's better packed that's not enough.

Sorry if I'm too harsh, but I've took a quick look there and:
1. The topics are about... anything. And it's not really structured.
2. It looks more like blog posts with comments than a forum. And the name also suggest this.

You seem to advertise a general purpose blogging platform as crypto forum... here. Ummm... no. That won't work.

[examplens]

You want a new forum?

Actually... we may just want a different look for this forum.
As said, it'll be difficult to beat Bitcointalk. It has history, it has great info stored in it and it has great and helpful members. What does your forum have? And if you'll tell me that you have nothing, but it's better packed that's not enough.

Sorry if I'm too harsh, but I've took a quick look there and:
1. The topics are about... anything. And it's not really structured.
2. It looks more like blog posts with comments than a forum. And the name also suggest this.

You seem to advertise a general purpose blogging platform as crypto forum... here. Ummm... no. That won't work.

in the end, is a new forum really needed?
next to Bitcointalk (which is very hard to reach), there are several others ^{Altcoinstalk, cryptotalk} who have been building a position for years and they spent a lot of money in them.
I wonder what the new forum can offer, and why users would move there? a forum without users and without quality discussions is a complete failure. I think that so many forums arise only from the lack of quality ideas.

[OgNasty]

You want a new forum?

Actually... we may just want a different look for this forum.
As said, it'll be difficult to beat Bitcointalk. It has history, it has great info stored in it and it has great and helpful members. What does your forum have? And if you'll tell me that you have nothing, but it's better packed that's not enough.

Sorry if I'm too harsh, but I've took a quick look there and:
1. The topics are about... anything. And it's not really structured.
2. It looks more like blog posts with comments than a forum. And the name also suggest this.

You seem to advertise a general purpose blogging platform as crypto forum... here. Ummm... no. That won't work.

in the end, is a new forum really needed?
next to Bitcointalk (which is very hard to reach), there are several others ^{Altcoinstalk, cryptotalk} who have been building a position for years and they spent a lot of money in them.
I wonder what the new forum can offer, and why users would move there? a forum without users and without quality discussions is a complete failure. I think that so many forums arise only from the lack of quality ideas.

There is a ton of development being done in the crypto space and nearby none of it stems from this forum. As the community continues to grow well beyond bitcointalk, it isn’t bad to have more options. I for one would love a more friendly community where negativity and trolling is not considered a good thing. This “toxic maximalism” nonsense has hindered Bitcoin long enough.

[NeuroticFish]

in the end, is a new forum really needed?

Well... this is indeed debatable.
The fact that we, the older members here, will most probably not switch, that's pretty much clear. We, those who are already here, most probably don't need another forum.
But while as bitcoiners we are advocating decentralization, let's not "force" everybody in one forum, since it can easily become one central point of failure.
While other forums can never get near to what bitcointalk is, let them be.

But the fact that what OP is advertising is far from a proper forum makes it... not a good choice. Also advertising it here won't help him.

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in the end, is a new forum really needed?

Well... this is indeed debatable.
The fact that we, the older members here, will most probably not switch, that's pretty much clear. We, those who are already here, most probably don't need another forum.
But while as bitcoiners we are advocating decentralization, let's not "force" everybody in one forum, since it can easily become one central point of failure.
While other forums can never get near to what bitcointalk is, let them be.

But the fact that what OP is advertising is far from a proper forum makes it... not a good choice. Also advertising it here won't help him.

I would look it through, problem - solution. so if there is a problem here that most users feel and someone like OP offers a solution to this or a significant improvement, then such a change is welcome. but to make something that is the same or similar to an already existing solution, I see no purpose.
OP didn’t say what that would set his forum apart and get us to use it.

[hugeblack]

When we talk about forums, we are looking for those that focus on the content and therefore the quality and richness of the knowledge of the posts is what determines the quality of the forum.
You will find that many of the forums are advanced in terms of design, the ability to play videos, night mode and other useful things, but when you are looking for quick and accurate answers, you fail in that, unlike the current forum, which does not have any status of modern forums.