Matt Bowcock // mbowcock.com

I mentioned in my previous post that I was testing some software for Fenway Forum - well I played with bbpress and while I liked it I ended up deleting it and just installing wordpress.  I figure its so hard to get a true forum to critical mass where it is somewhat self sustaining - that I would be better served creating posts in wordpress.  If I need to in the future I can always add bbpress and integrate with wordpress.

I also had the thought of allowing anyone to register in wordpress and give new members a “contributor” role.  This would allow them to contribute new posts - but they would need to be approved by an admin (me).  This would allow users to create new posts and other uses to post comments just like “true” forum apps - all whithin the comfort of wordpress.  We’ll see how it goes.