Defending vBulletin's "Instant Community" line

Forget where it was posted, was in one of those huge page count threads, but some one decided that the "Instant Community" was rubbish.

I would refute that.

Instant = immediate, how quick is it to put a board up? Okay given you may have a few problems with the first attempt if not used to the technology, it should still be a quick and painless process, so is pretty much instant.

Instant = immediate, most people who start boards have some posting buddies or friends who want to join asap, ergo you pretty much have something happening within half an hour of going live.

Community = group of people in same location. Who doesn't start a board and not have some of their friends on board.

Community = group of people with same interest. Regardless if your board is technical, covers fashion, or some bred of dog there's people who are heavily into that and want to talk about it with like minded people and get advice and answers.

I think "Instant Community" sums it up nicely. vBulletin is pretty quick to install, and you do have a community starting within the first half hour, even if that community only has a hand full of members at first.

So whoever it was (think it was the vBulletin vs Invision thread), how exactly isn't vBulletin an instant community.

Over to you Talisman, just know he will have some answer to this And no he wasn't the guy who made the comment.

[Talisman]

Why, Jethro.... how kind of you.

But I'm sorry to disappoint you this time. You've said everything so brilliantly that I'm left with nothing further to add.

..... just my total agreement.

Cheers!

Talis.

Right Talisman ready for this one and ... er .... okay :lol:

[Talisman]

[LOL @ Jethro]

BTW, the comment you're so eloquently refuting came from CharlieS in this thread, "Why vB and not InvisonBoard" in the Pre-Sales Questions forum.

[shovel]

I have to agree with Jethro 110%. I can't understand how anyone can be so blind to see the pure power that vBulletin has made itself into.

Finally, someone else speaks out!!

Thanks Jethro. Keep-up posts like this and you'll be the next vBulletin Spokesperson.

- shovel

[filburt1]

Technically the slogan really makes no sense, but then again, slogans like "Yeah, we can do that" and "That's what we do" are friggin' bulls***, too. But hey, John and the rest of the Jelsoft crew are happy from the profits, so I guess the slogan works

[Dean C]

filburt - watch your language mate ! hehe

- miSt

[filburt1]

I so censored