Classic forums software was pretty much a web based NNTP gateway -- some even su... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		isostatic on Feb 12, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Slack is the opposite of organizational memory Classic forums software was pretty much a web based NNTP gateway -- some even supported nntp integration directly. Posts were threaded. Then along came unthreaded forums in late 90s/early 00s. Things like phpBB are not my cup of tea when compared to the layout of usenet or slashcode.

jtl999 on Feb 12, 2018 [–]

> Classic forums software was pretty much a web based NNTP gateway -- some even supported nntp integration directly. Posts were threaded.

Ah. We have a different view of "classic forum software". NNTP was before my time.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact