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Finally... => Life Advice => Topic started by: BuriBuriZaemon on November 06, 2009, 02:18:29 am

Title: Best free forum?
Post by: BuriBuriZaemon on November 06, 2009, 02:18:29 am: Hi peeps,

I'm graduating soon and I plan to create a forum so my friends and I can still keep in touch. We have a Yahoo group and probably will have a FaceBook group soon, but I would much rather have our own forum. Anyone can suggest which (free) one to use?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Best free forum?
Post by: Pillow_Killer on November 06, 2009, 05:57:47 am: SimpleMachines.
Title: Re: Best free forum?
Post by: Jack_Bread on November 06, 2009, 06:04:59 am: Find a free webhost and use SimpleMachines, as Pillow_Killer said.
Most free forums look horrible and are filled with ads... with the exception to InvisionFree.
Title: Re: Best free forum?
Post by: Pillow_Killer on November 06, 2009, 06:11:37 am: With the exeptino to normal, paid hosts, on which You spend like, 6$ a month. THat's not much at all.
Title: Re: Best free forum?
Post by: DJ on November 06, 2009, 07:40:04 am: Freeforums.org isn't bad ads-wise, but it tends to go down a couple of times a month.
Title: Re: Best free forum?
Post by: Muz on November 06, 2009, 11:42:38 am: Eh, this is the kind of thing Facebook was made for. Just make a forum on a group on Facebook if you're looking to discuss things. Keep it private, and you and your clique should all be there.

If you get an outside forum, there's a huge chance that nobody would visit it after a month. Doesn't help with the "keep in touch" thing.
Title: Re: Best free forum?
Post by: Footkerchief on November 09, 2009, 04:56:47 pm: Quote from: Muz on November 06, 2009, 11:42:38 am
Eh, this is the kind of thing Facebook was made for. Just make a forum on a group on Facebook if you're looking to discuss things. Keep it private, and you and your clique should all be there.

If you get an outside forum, there's a huge chance that nobody would visit it after a month. Doesn't help with the "keep in touch" thing.

Yeah seriously, forums like that have a lifespan of minutes. Facebook will do infinitely better.
Title: Re: Best free forum?
Post by: BuriBuriZaemon on November 11, 2009, 07:35:23 am: Thanks for the inputs, people. I agree that such forums do not last, so I'll stick to Facebook.