@vegetagz6 As stated here https://community.nodebb.org/topic/3219/nodebb-theme-concept-minimalism-name-to-change/ I won't release the theme used by my forum. But I may share some tips and tricks and portions of code if some ask me.
@a_5mith It does not matter whether FB is awful or good. A fair amount of people really dislike FB, a bigger portion especially students make use of it like a daily part of their life. The point is they are the second most popular site in the internet. So logically their operation model is successful one.
@vegetagz6 said:
For example, there are forums with 1-2 million members active members like Gaia Online which makes use of PHPBB 3.0 even to this date
What ya think?
It took many forums years to move from 2.x to 3.x because none of the mods or themes were compatible. Now that they're starting from scratch again I would imagine most boards that are a heavily modified (such as GO) won't be making the 3.x to 3.1 switch anytime soon
@psychobunny , GO will not be switching anytime soon, at least for some years to come. Their version of phpbb is heavily customized to meet their ends. They won't risk putting their community through such a big maintenance hazard.
@vegetagz6 It's subjective opinion though, having users doesn't make it popular or right. Google+ for example, they have 1.6 billion users. However the average user spends just 7 minutes on Google+ per month. Usually through Google Pages for example, and they happen to be signed in because of Youtube.
Facebook is a tool for speaking to friends. Until people no longer have friends, or until Facebook sells all your information. Facebook will be around. However the number of people with accounts is dropping. At the minute they're forcing unwanted rubbish onto users to see what they can get away with. Mobile Chat App, advertising in the news feeds etc (if you don't use adblock+)
Hmm, I hate mobile chat app. They forced me to install it, by blocking my messages in the main app. Well ya FB will around long enough. Google plus never made it in to q grand scale because of a clunky interface and also reluctance of users to try it. Unlike developers, end users are always happy using the one they are used to. That's why whenever FB makes a design change, users make countless status updates saying that FB is messing up.
So i had to read this to signup and become part of nbb community. Lovely post @vegetagz6 and omg nbb even supports tagging 
I have a project which i have been working on for months now, well to be honest ive only been doing research.
I run a facebook GROUP and its growing over 20,000 members in a span of 1.5 years without advertising, just word of mouth. Members have been asking me to open a website where they could get more out of the community itself. Now ive been to freelancers and companies to help me replicate something that looks like a facebook group, but due to financial issues i cant afford it. This brings me to my question, is it possible to show a facebook group timeline like layout on home page ? and have someone to write a post only instead of making a topic in a category ?
Help me please 
@Pooya-Dubash Not out of the box. Would require a lot of changes to both templates and core NodeBB.
Seems you're looking for a Social Networking software like phpfox, rather than a forum.
@a_5mith said:
phpfox
Will have phpfox a look, i feel im so dumb thinking forums like xenforo, ipb and vbulletin were the good ones 
I want something very simple, a homepage with people to write a post and comment on. Thats it.
@Pooya-Dubash If phpfox is a bit out of the price range, then humhub may also offer exactly what you need. Plus it's open source. I'm not one for saying people shouldn't use NodeBB, because it is, brilliant. But if it doesn't suit your needs, it's a bit like wearing shoes on your hands instead of gloves. 
Yeah, im already talking to a developer to help customize humhub the way i want it to work. But even he will take 2 months to deliver
Maybe im so close to my goal that im becoming impatient i guess
So i tried phpfox, its like facebook. I only want the the facebook group and nothing more .
I dont want any other features, just a simple login to post or read what others posted, comment on a post, like a post and share it. thats it lol.
@Pooya-Dubash You'll find people usually want more feature that can be turned off. Rather than less. Good luck with your hunt.
@vegetagz6 I think it's because the competition in forum platform has been increased in the last few months. There are a lot of "new and modern" forum coming which may "eat" their market share. There is no other choice for them except get back to work and make sure they can survive in this competition.
Not only PHPBB, MyBB also released it's new version (MyBB 1.8) to keep relevant with this modern world, and sometimes they need to make a huge change and rewrite everything to survive
One of our primary selling points when we launched was mobile responsiveness. It was an easy feature to sell, because every other forum did not do it well.
For the entrenched competitors, they were building mobile interfaces on top of the existing templates, so they were not quite perfect.
Seems everybody is mobile responsive now, so that's better for everybody I'd say
