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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1423395" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>First of all, not having some simple registration (at least an e-mail address for verification) means that your open forum will be bombarded by spam and make it utterly useless. Just ask the Mods here how many spammers/posts they deal with on a forum that requires registration.</p><p></p><p>Second, when you install an established forum software like vBulletin (the one running here are Mac Forums) or bbPress, you are actually running that software on your server, so it's not a 3rd party that's hosting your forum. Thus, the registration is for your forum, running on your server with your database. The 3rd party forum vendors don't get that information.</p><p></p><p>Third, all of these forum software allow for a great amount of customization and integration to make it look just like you want. Additionally, I've used Wordpress and bbPress in the past to deploy a blog & forum solution for people and that works great because the two software integrate nicely with each other and allow for a single sign on for both services.</p><p></p><p>Fourth, the adage "don't re-invent the wheel" comes to mind when you set to do/write something that's already been well written. The folks behind vBulletin, bbPress and other forum software have spent a considerable amount of time to make the software do the things it does and it would take you just as long , if not longer to do it on your own.</p><p></p><p>Last, majority of the forums on the web are run on just a handful of forum software, so that makes the user interface fairly easy for newcomers to know and use since they've probably used it someplace else. If you make a completely new UI, then users will have to learn to properly use your forum and if they are dedicated enough to the forum, they might do that, otherwise they'll just move on..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1423395, member: 110816"] First of all, not having some simple registration (at least an e-mail address for verification) means that your open forum will be bombarded by spam and make it utterly useless. Just ask the Mods here how many spammers/posts they deal with on a forum that requires registration. Second, when you install an established forum software like vBulletin (the one running here are Mac Forums) or bbPress, you are actually running that software on your server, so it's not a 3rd party that's hosting your forum. Thus, the registration is for your forum, running on your server with your database. The 3rd party forum vendors don't get that information. Third, all of these forum software allow for a great amount of customization and integration to make it look just like you want. Additionally, I've used Wordpress and bbPress in the past to deploy a blog & forum solution for people and that works great because the two software integrate nicely with each other and allow for a single sign on for both services. Fourth, the adage "don't re-invent the wheel" comes to mind when you set to do/write something that's already been well written. The folks behind vBulletin, bbPress and other forum software have spent a considerable amount of time to make the software do the things it does and it would take you just as long , if not longer to do it on your own. Last, majority of the forums on the web are run on just a handful of forum software, so that makes the user interface fairly easy for newcomers to know and use since they've probably used it someplace else. If you make a completely new UI, then users will have to learn to properly use your forum and if they are dedicated enough to the forum, they might do that, otherwise they'll just move on.. [/QUOTE]
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