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POLL: Any Interest in an EEVblog Mastodon server?
Jackster:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on November 27, 2022, 12:38:44 am ---
The idea of updating the forum software to something slightly more modern and commercial like XenForo has been floated before, but generally people don't like any change. As you said, very minor if anything.
The problem with SMF is that basically hasn't been updated for forever, and mod packages have issues with versions etc. The current SMF software running now is already a huge hodgepodge of mod plugins and even some custom stuff.
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Do a test run and see how it goes.
People who moan might switch on that the new stuff is better once they experience the better software.
RoGeorge:
SMF is the best platform for this kind of forum, IMO. Talking about desktop/laptop browsing and posting, because one can not do much engineering from a phone/tablet anyway.
No other platform that I'm using through other forums, or that I've ever tried can beat this SMF.
Not even the SMF 3.0, which I've tried and didn't like it as much.
madires:
In case this is the first time hearing of Mastodon, it has a completely different concept than Twitter. Twitter is one large platform, while Mastodon is a network of a lot of tiny platforms or servers. You could compare it with classic mailboxes/BBSs which are linked by a network like Fidonet.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: RoGeorge on November 27, 2022, 11:14:33 am ---SMF is the best platform for this kind of forum, IMO. Talking about desktop/laptop browsing and posting, because one can not do much engineering from a phone/tablet anyway.
No other platform that I'm using through other forums, or that I've ever tried can beat this SMF.
Not even the SMF 3.0, which I've tried and didn't like it as much.
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I really like XenForo. Extremely similar to SMF.
Never seen a site use SMF 3 because it's not released, right?
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Jackster on November 27, 2022, 10:29:43 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on November 27, 2022, 12:38:44 am ---The idea of updating the forum software to something slightly more modern and commercial like XenForo has been floated before, but generally people don't like any change. As you said, very minor if anything.
The problem with SMF is that basically hasn't been updated for forever, and mod packages have issues with versions etc. The current SMF software running now is already a huge hodgepodge of mod plugins and even some custom stuff.
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Do a test run and see how it goes.
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There is a whole bunch of stuff to consider, even down to how Google would handle the indexing of the old posts if the system changed.
Massive decision even to try it out I think. It would need a lot of user backing.
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