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Originally Posted by chopin2256

Zoints isn't a standalone

Originally Posted by chopin2256

the more serious webmasters should probably choose this Vbulletin hack, and the hobbyists can probably just stick with Zoints

Originally Posted by chopin2256

Furthermore, some forum owners such as myself may want to keep communities internal.

Originally Posted by chopin2256

I am talking about non reliance of a key. Information exchanges between Zoints and your website. A standalone would be something like Myspace, where it retrieves the data from it's database without relying on others. Zoints isn't exactly like this. It may retrieve data from your local database, but if Zoints ever went bankrupt, or decided to stop their service, your community may stop functioning unless Zoints offers a standalone. In any ideal situation, you want to limit your reliance on others for your success. This is why any serious webmaster would choose this hack over Zoints in a heartbeat.

First, I'm not sure you're in a position to decide what "serious webmasters" will or should decide.

Second, I'm still not sure how this "keeps communities internal".