vBulletin Loses Another Massive Site To xenForo

so?

 

LOL I've come to discover these types of threads are to further perpetuate the "XF is King, VB sucks" usual mantra of admin sites

But anyway, this is a good thing for XF I guess?

 

I guess I just have better things to do than be Anti a forum software I no longer use as much as some people on various admin sites do lol.

But anyway I checked the site out, it seems like there are a LOT of Mixed to slightly negative reviews/feedback from the community there. I read over a few of the threads(One issue being that people felt like they weren't properly notified and others outright hating various things that are sort of unnecessary such as the trophies features and general usage of the site with the new software in regards to its format).

 

Self plug here but we also did

Hes had a "check out the new beta site" thread up for almost 4 months asking for feedback. They were on vb3 for such a long time there will be unhappy folks . He even went out of his way to provide a "Retro Style" for the ones who were uncomfortable. From the feedback they feel vb3.x looks much more modern

 

Sites change software all the time. Nothing new.. I agree, its just another "XF is King, VB sucks" thread. I don't see you alerting us when someone goes from XF to IPB or vB (yes, it happens)

 

I think IPB sucks balls too, but it's not as bad as vBulletin, when I see people starting new forums with vBulletin it makes me wonder whether they're mentally impaired.

 

Large sites switching from one platform to another is interesting because it shows what their new software of choice is capable of, or not as the case maybe.

 

From a company standpoint it should be interesting to if big sites are switching to your software that will mean more showcase to show your software will work. Another point is that people wanting to start a forum most look at large sites because the dream is to be as big as them so they see that the software works.

 

Yes, changing a system is a really bad experience, if improperly managed, no matter what new system is being introduced. This is something I tell every forum owner, when I help them make the jump to another software (and it is my general advice).

Tell your users about the migration/ change WAY in advance. Show them what is new and what is better about the change, not just for you, but much more importantly FOR THEM. Let them give feedback, BEFORE the migration happens. Let them roam a test site (the more active users). Bend to most of their suggestions, if you can. Then you'll have a much better time with the migration, once it happens, for sure.

Scott

 

Hmm, that is true. I am lucky to have a dedicated userbase.

They dealt with my indecisiveness of a name for the first year of the forum....Literally, we've had 10 names or so. I couldn't decide on a name, so i'd change the domain.
I discovered that our names then shouldn't solely rely on a book series that would be ending within a year thus the excitement would be over.

I am not 100 percent thrilled about our forum's name now but I got tired of telling people "Yeah, it's not called such & such anymore."
And most people seem to like it, so it'll...do lol.

When we switched to Xenforo in 2013, I first let them see some super active & popular Xenforo sites to let them see how the software worked.
They loved it and they also loved it when I later set up a test board

(We used Xenforo off & on for 2013).

When we moved to IPB, I actually set up a test board first and instead of linking them to a few active IP board sites, I threw them in there and told them, to post away and test all the features.

It works better when you give the members a voice & a say. Even if you're going to switch software, it is YOUR choice but so many Admins forget that yeah it is my site but THESE PEOPLE make the site, so i'd rather not piss off the majority and by using a test version you can learn well in advance what features they like and don't like and see if you can TWEAK it instead of waiting till the live version.

From what I gathered, that site has an older base so the "Social Networking" aspects of Xenforo and Trophies seems a bit foreign and dumb to them.

 

I'm one of the XF converts. I still find it interesting that feature for feature vB 4 has more than XF. However, vB 4 is dead and XF keeps pushing forward.