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Is this why this board is so different than the original?



The original was written from scratch by our illustrious (infamous?) leader, Robert. He may or may not have expected this site to take off like it did. I can't get inside his head and see the programming decisions he made but I suspect that the original board wasn't really set up for heavy traffic. There are several forum software packages out there in the "intarweb" that are widely in use. UBB is one of them. PHPBB and Invision Power Board are others. They were written from the ground up to handle heavy traffic and provide a lot more features than Robert's original system. That's not to discount what Robert did at all. His system served a specific purpose and did it well, but was quickly overwhelmed by the success of this site. I've been online for about a decade and I've come to appreciate, and in some regards expect, the level of features that UBB provides for an online community. But for some it obviously will take some getting used to.

Anyway, that's my two cents on the subject.

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