I'm puzzled
 

Okay everyone knows how musicbanter looks like you know the way the site is laid out. But lately I've been seeing more and more forums set up like this....


heres an example:



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Is there a site or somethign that you can go to to make your own forum?

If so tell me i would like to make one...thanks

All vBulletin forums look pretty much the same don't they?

I didnt even know what vbulletin was

Yes there is

Providing you have $180 for the software , $60 a year for the updates. Added to that the money you'll need for a domain name and webspace.

So knock yourself out

vBulletin® - Instant Community

lol nah not for that much...maybe later.

You can get free forums provided you have a server and database to run them on.

phpBB, for example, is free. Renting a domain and webspace is also quite cheap these days.

How do they make money? Sponsors or some crap?

you make money off of ads... like on myspace all the ads...thats where they get there money besides the fact that they are back by a multi million dollar corporation.

The lack of ad's is something I love about this place.

yes yes i like that alot too...but some peoples annoying avatars make up for part of that...(Not saying that yours is so dont take it that way =P)

As far as I know you can start a forum using proboards for free. It's just a question of getting people to find it and join of course which, ultimately, costs.

Had this exact convo last night with Veridical and thisWAR...
we concluded that in the end who ever shells out the cash for this place to keep it running and ad free is the man, just wish we knew who it was.

Also when googled, it said this site was worth $24k, i doubt that.

There are ads on the forum. They show up when you're not logged in.

Somebody owes me 10 bucks.

I know rocka did something pretty mild back in the day that made this site show up ALOT when googling music and its references.

I'm glad I never log out...rofl.

:laughing:

I want one.

Anyone who wants to give Vanilla a nice long stem form an orderly queue behind me.