Forums Must Make A Comeback!
Forums were the first software for community building which brought people together. What made them so great was the amount of customization through addons. A major used economy plugin was used in almost every forum brand of software which allowed a forum to have it's own currency economy. A forum was able to make as many as they wish the plugin also added a store & inventory space to the user's profile this allowed members to purchase items from the shop including forum permissions & more. This was the first form of decentralized e-cash on the internet maintained by a forums mysql. Some forums made profit by using the paypal addon to purchase a forums currency doing tactics like making new topics, replies, & polls low earning while items in the store would be priced super high so buying the currency in bulk. There were style theming for profiles, forum skin & much more through plugins. What made forums so great was categories to create proper sections for any ...