Are we doing Forums the wrong way?

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Originally Posted by nexialys

actually, each software is designed based on the conceptor ideas... vB is british minded with the ideas of the authors, developed further more with the clients requests... but clients are requesting enhancements, not changes of ideas.. so the vB core is not changed, you have the segments like you call them, and it's not something that will change, or it would not be called vBulletin anymore...

I wasn't really talking about the recent feature bloat of vB, or vB in particular. It's just a thought that forums haven't really changed in a decade or so (random number, but it feels right) and I'm personally just thinking of ways of how you could enhance forums as a useful platform for active discussion rather than being more like archives.

I know, forums like they are now are like the wheel, pretty good at what they do and no *need* to reinvent it, but even the wheel can be enhanced with a bit of rubber to make a tire.