Better forum

[Walter Bright]

On 12/6/2012 11:09 AM, js.mdnq wrote:
> Usenet is dead, simple as that. Scan 95% of groups and they are full of
> nothing but spam. New users will not use them because of this alone.

Take a look at this forum. No spam.


> It's much easier to customize a BB system rather than nntp. In 10 years
> how many nntp servers will there be? Most ISP's already have stopped
> providing nntp. NNTP can't be upgraded because it is a distributed
> system and all servers must be upgraded(Which isn't going to happen).

This forum is not part of usenet and does not rely on any nntp servers 
other than the one at digitalmars.com, which is fully under our control.


> (my main point is that BB's can be easily customized to suit most
> peoples needs. If you want a nntp like client I'm sure it would not be
> difficult to create one as a mod to a BB. But sticking with nntp just
> guarantees that nothing will ever get better/change)

This is incorrect, as the software that drives forum.dlang.org demonstrates.