We’ve started the process of creating a brand new codebase for the forum
Do you mind writing some words about why the EA forum needs to have its own codebase, as opposed to use one of the approximately 10,000 pre-existing web forum software packages?
Because those approximately 10,000 pre-existing web forum software packages are generic / bad and the EA forum has unique features like upvotes, agree-votes, karma, the user map, polls, moderation norms, cause area wikis …
Do you mind writing some words about why the EA forum needs to have its own codebase, as opposed to use one of the approximately 10,000 pre-existing web forum software packages?
Because those approximately 10,000 pre-existing web forum software packages are generic / bad and the EA forum has unique features like upvotes, agree-votes, karma, the user map, polls, moderation norms, cause area wikis …