• EarMaster@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Discourse exists and is free to self-host and open source. Compared to classic forum software (like most *bb variants) it is a pleasure to use and feels not like a remnant of a lost age.

    The (only?) downside is the similar name to Discord, but that’s not them to blame, because they had their name first.

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      5 months ago

      NodeBB is probably less painful to deal with as a system adminstrator, since it doesn’t use Ruby.

      Lots of forum software used to have threaded discussions, but most of them settled on a more linear commenting experience, maybe 20 years ago.