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| Zetaboards/InvisionFree; The rise and fall of an empire | |
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| .JinX | Oct 3 2015, 08:04 AM Post #1 |
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OoZe was a legend.
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| KevinLu | Oct 12 2015, 10:32 PM Post #2 |
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I fondly remember the days where there were so many different big named resource forums for Invisionfree and how it was so exciting trying out new skins and new codes back when I was a middle schooler. I remember the days of BGStyles where to this day KMan's skins were still my favorite and the legendary Webworldx forums where I had hours of fun messing around with their code snippets. There were also the IFSZ skin and graphics battles. It is sad to see how far Zetaboards has fallen in terms of popularity. I think the biggest reasons for it's downfall was as you said, the rise of social media like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and mobile messengers as well as how long it took for Zetaboards to make it's debut. I think Zetaboards came out way too late and had it been released earlier at the right time things could have been much different. There is still a lot of potential in Zetaboards and I too hope it bounces back. I'm just really glad that this service is still here after all of these many years and that there are still people working very hard to help maintain it. Another worrying thought is if ZB will continue to be financially sustainable in the future. But anyways I wish the best for IF/ZB and I too will continue to watch it from the sidelines. |
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| Mnikolic | Oct 14 2015, 01:04 PM Post #3 |
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Well said. Invisionfree was a good way to make a forum community. I remember messing around with it for hours as well when I was in middle school too. But with other forum hosts (and some running a more modified version of IPB 1.3 than IF itself EVEN at the time), it was clear that something needed to be done about it. The ZB runners made the correct choice to move on from the old forum software and make their own. Otherwise, IF would have disappeared from the Internet completely. And yet another worrying thought is does it make sense to keep (now called) zIF boards running. It's clear that the ZB forum software is getting both software updates and bug fixes and zIF boards aren't getting either of those. In my opinion, this is also hurting ZetaBoards as a forum host. I think the newer stuff is a way to go when it comes to this forum host so why not just drop zIF and keep only ZB running? It would greatly improve the owner's and staff's focus on it as well provide their users with better service maintenance and support of the forum software they made and released. Besides, ZetaBoards offers everything zIF boards do - AND MORE. So why not work with the owners of active zIFs and have them switch to ZB? I say get out there, appeal to the remaining owenrs of active zIF boards and have them finally make the switch. ZetaBoards needs to become more popular again, more interesting to overall internet user and potential forum maker and owner and just GO FORWARD. That can't be done with zIF boards still around all over the place. Anyway, I went off-topic a little bit, but what I wanted to say, I've said it in the first two paragraphs of this post. ZB needs a power boost. And a good one. |
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