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To: Bryan Bishop <kanzure@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Future of the bitcoin-dev mailing list
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Hi, I also have faced this same problem, and here=E2=80=99s my solution =
to it:

Use the latest version of https://www.simplemachines.org/ .

This is the same forum software that powered Bitcointalk, Silk Road, =
etc.

It has many advantages over every other platform out there:

1. It has great anti-spam prevention tools.
2. It gives you the tools you=E2=80=99ve requested with respect to =
moderation (individual moderation accounts with customizable =
permissions).
3. It is simple to use.
4. It is pretty and well designed, and allows you to organize threads =
and forums really well (unlike Discourse).
5. It doesn=E2=80=99t make unnecessary use of JavaScript (unlike =
Discourse), and therefore works well with all search engines (present =
and future).
6. You can self-host it, and migrate it to another server if needed, =
allowing the community to maintain full control over the data (unlike =
Microsoft/Github).
7. It supports great search functionality.
8. It is open source, and has many community plugins.
9. It runs anywhere PHP runs.
10. It is fast.
11. It has a well established history of powering Bitcoin communities. =
It has been with us from Day 1.

After using phpBB for years, researching other forums software, I =
switched to SMF, and stuck with it. I=E2=80=99m happy I did so. I =
recommend it.

Kind regards,
Greg Slepak

> On Nov 7, 2023, at 7:37 AM, Bryan Bishop via bitcoin-dev =
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>=20
> [moving]


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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi, I also =
have faced this same problem, and here=E2=80=99s my solution to =
it:<div><br></div><div>Use the latest version of&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"https://www.simplemachines.org/">https://www.simplemachines.org/</=
a>&nbsp;.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the same forum software that =
powered Bitcointalk, Silk Road, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>It has =
many advantages over every other platform out =
there:</div><div><br></div><div>1. It has great anti-spam prevention =
tools.</div><div>2. It gives you the tools you=E2=80=99ve requested with =
respect to moderation (individual moderation accounts with customizable =
permissions).</div><div>3. It is simple to use.</div><div>4. It is =
pretty and well designed, and allows you to organize threads and forums =
really well (unlike Discourse).</div><div>5. It doesn=E2=80=99t make =
unnecessary use of JavaScript (unlike Discourse), and therefore works =
well with all search engines (present and future).</div><div>6. You can =
self-host it, and migrate it to another server if needed, allowing the =
community to maintain full control over the data (unlike =
Microsoft/Github).</div><div>7. It supports great search =
functionality.</div><div>8. It is open source, and has many community =
plugins.</div><div>9. It runs anywhere PHP runs.</div><div>10. It is =
fast.</div><div>11. It has a well established history of powering =
Bitcoin communities. It has been with us from Day =
1.</div><div><br></div><div>After using phpBB for years, researching =
other forums software, I switched to SMF, and stuck with it. I=E2=80=99m =
happy I did so. I recommend it.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind =
regards,</div><div>Greg Slepak</div><div><div><br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div>On Nov 7, 2023, at 7:37 AM, Bryan Bishop via =
bitcoin-dev &lt;bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div =
dir=3D"ltr">[moving]</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html=
>=

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