Do people hate vBulletin Boards?

[Jason76]

Rebels nowadays might go with vBulleten simply cause it is not the trend.

 

[Shannon Apple]

The backend is pretty dated, but with vBulletin 5 they changed everything (similar to IPB now as well). It's not just a forum system but it wants to be a EVERYTHING system, from CMS, Forum, Blogging, to even trying to be a mini-social networking platform for the community to buy and use.

I think they went too forward into a specific direction in a one way manner (from just forum to everything now in 4->5) which was too fast, and too shocking to the general vBulletin buyers and license holders.

We had CMS, user blogging etc for years on the VB4. The features certainly aren't new its just that a lot of forums didn't use them or made them a premium feature for paid users. We introduced social groups and other features in 2009. Quite a time ago 🙂 Social groups don't work though, even on large sites. They aren't worth it. They were a novelty for a few months, with maybe a couple hundred people then it wore off and people didn't bother. Personal blogs were definitely more popular. Our users liked posting mundane stuff about life. I guess it gave people a mini soap box at times lol.

 

[Jason76]

VB sounds too much like VD Did you get a shot for that?

 

[BuzzNOC]

I love vb 4.x.x but vb 5 SUCKS they got no add ons for it well they do but just not enough for what I have setup already on vb 4 but I'm loving the new style don't get me wrong just need a bunch of add ons before I love it or even approve of it

 

[WebHostVoice]

Slightly but I can't do anything If forum use vBulletin then I have to use it 😉

But vB is also good and easy to use because of its a old forum software.

 

[Jason76]

 

[Lord Saru]

With the coming of XenF, people are so much attracted to how things work at XenForo. Its easier and saves us all a lot of hassle.

 

[Jason76]

With the coming of XenF, people are so much attracted to how things work at XenForo. Its easier and saves us all a lot of hassle.

XenForo does have problems. They don't come up much, but it's there - or it could be a person's server. Anyway, considering the server and the forum software, there might always be a chance for a problem - no matter what high-quality stuff you got.

Oh, by the way, you don't want to leave out inexperienced forum owners.