Co-founder Jason Citron is stepping down, but will remain with the company as a member of the board of directors.

  • endeavor@sopuli.xyz
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    13 hours ago

    Hey, listen I know it’s bad and all but discord makes it really easy to create your own channel, customize it however you want and organize study/gaming with friends.

    Since it’s convenient and easy to setup and use, people use it for things they really shouldn’t.

    To bring back forums we need another equally easy to setup and host forums system that modernizes the bbs.

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      3 hours ago

      Modern BBSes aren’t an issue – they’re out there, and they’re pretty good these days – but the lack of VC funding that lets them fund massive user growth isn’t there, so the level of friction re: setting up your own remains high.

      Discord’s advantage is that it’s not just easy to set up, but also free. You’re not going to get that in the forum space anymore. ProBoards isn’t going to invest the money into making them sexy anytime soon.