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[Isaac]

Eh. Not very impressive.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by zapppop

Eh. Not very impressive.

Really?

I think they have some interesting ideas, like private forums to replace PM's so you can have multi-party private chats, the ability for the community to rank posts and an easy way for viewers to filter on that.

Did you visit the site and look at what they have or just respond to the one example in my OP?

[Alex]

the ability for the community to rank posts and an easy way for viewers to filter on that.

While this is a good feature for sites like Slashdot, I think it is a horrible feature for open-discussion discussion boards. But I'm sure it can be turned off. Also, a fully Ajax discussion board would be horrible for stand-alone discussion board sites that try to cover server and infrastructure expenses through advertising networks. The networks already pay pennies on he dollar for BB impressions and this would drastically cut down on the number of impressions available for sale.

But there are some cool ideas in there, too. Especially if those aren't concerns.

[Isaac]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Really?

I think they have some interesting ideas, like private forums to replace PM's so you can have multi-party private chats, the ability for the community to rank posts and an easy way for viewers to filter on that.

Did you visit the site and look at what they have or just respond to the one example in my OP?

I saw it but I just wasn't impressed. VB has some of those features, such as private forums, and other features could be added with hacks. I'm just not impressed with it.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Really?

I think they have some interesting ideas, like private forums to replace PM's...

I would never want to replace PMs with private forums. I don't like chat rooms. I like the on-board email substitute.