Forum Software Drama Killing Forums

[Shawn Gossman]

Do you think the drama in forum software communities' aids in killing forums or discouraging people from starting them?

Why or why not?

 

[meetdilip]

Some fans, I believe they get paid to defend certain software, does not make it easy for forum admins to make a free choice.

 

[Cedric]

Some fans, I believe they get paid to defend certain software, does not make it easy for forum admins to make a free choice.

I agree lol. They are delusional.

 

[Tracy]

Some fans, I believe they get paid to defend certain software, does not make it easy for forum admins to make a free choice.

I don't know if I would go that far. But some scripts have their core sycophants that will defend their choice poison until they are blue in the face, even which confronted with facts that negate their position.
They seem to take personal offense if you say anything negative about their chosen software. But that behavior has been around for decades. It's why you see the term fan-boi frequently.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

They seem to take personal offense if you say anything negative about their chosen software. But that behavior has been around for decades. It's why you see the term fan-boi frequently

It sure has.

It was like that with vB when XF was born. Now it's like that with XF. It's like that with all the free platforms, too.

Fan-boys are everywhere.

 

[Cedric]

Best is just not to pay any attention to them and do your own thing.

 

[Cpvr]

It sure has.

It was like that with vB when XF was born. Now it's like that with XF. It's like that with all the free platforms, too.

Fan-boys are everywhere.

The thing here is because the developers of Xenforo came from vBulletin and their loyal supporters moved to Xenforo right after.

It’s like movies and shows. Some prefer to watch a movie or a show if their favorite actor is in it.

As for me, I’m glad that I was able to try other softwares and I was never glue to one platform. I used SMF for years, then Invision, then vBulletin and now Xenforo.

I always use a platform that I prefer to use and I like. I don’t jump on one when others discuss it and swear by. The same thing applies to music. If a song sucks to someone else and I enjoy it, I’ll still play it.

 

[frm]

Do you think the drama in forum software communities' aids in killing forums or discouraging people from starting them?

What's the correlation between the forum software's support community and a community that you want to start?

 

[Tracy]

What's the correlation between the forum software's support community and a community that you want to start?

The attitude on a support site can kill peoples desire to participate, thereby reducing the odds of them going to the site for support. That can result in someone not liking the script eventually. A friend of mine is in that exact position.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

The attitude on a support site can kill peoples desire to participate, thereby reducing the odds of them going to the site for support. That can result in someone not liking the script eventually. A friend of mine is in that exact position.

I do agree with this.

I've seen such poor support forums (all different software at that) over the years that I really try hard to do it myself.

 

[Tracy]

I've seen such poor support forums (all different software at that) over the years that I really try hard to do it myself.

Over on the XF site generally I figured out the answer to the questions I posted over there before either staff or others replied. I also generally tried to remember to post the solution that I found in case others ran into the same issue.
That desire to "help" out over there slowly decayed over the last few years, a lot of that based upon certain developer/staff attitudes that was developing. I won't mention specific names as they tend to have a hissy fit like a child if you do and lash out using their positions within the company... but they know who they are and their next step would probably be to try to find some reason to revoke my license. They already tried to get me to let them refund the license extension into 2027 that I had purchased.