Did you use vbulletin back in the day? (1 Viewer)

[Jay™]

Vbulletin was a popular forum software that many people used in the early 2000s. It had a lot of features and customization options that made it attractive for online communities. Do you remember using Vbulletin back in the day? What were some of the forums that you visited or created with it?

 

[meetdilip]

vB was everywhere back then. There were free alternatives too. MyBB was the closest.

 

[KatBookTrailers]

I LOVED vBulletin! A huge forum I was on decided to convert and everyone was in an uproar. I tried getting some friends to start a new forum to retain vbulletin, but they weren't fast enough and eventually the members adjusted to Xenforo. It's a shame that we didn't get it started because it would have taken off fast for the diehards.

 

[PGen98]

I absolutely loved vBulletin during the 1, 2 and 3 days. Used it on SO many different sites. I loved some of the knock-offs, too, like wBB1, heBB, ovBB and early MyBB. So much fun in those days, everyone tried to be vB

 

[Jay™]

I still see a few big boards using this outdated software, it's a real security risk.

 

[Cedric]

I never really used vB sadly. Was too much into InvisionFree and ZetaBoards. Wasn't used to the concept of paying for software, when I could get it for free. And I was also too young.

 

[Cpvr]

Vbulletin was a popular forum software that many people used in the early 2000s. It had a lot of features and customization options that made it attractive for online communities. Do you remember using Vbulletin back in the day? What were some of the forums that you visited or created with it?

VBulletin was one of my favorite forum softwares back in the day, however, it went downhill fast after Kier left & formed Xenforo.

VBulletin 1, 2, and 3 was awesome.

 

[Ravenfreak]

I've used vBulletin but after the glory days. The current version is fine but I've heard vB3 and 4 were the best versions though I never got a chance to use them from an admin standpoint. I did visit quite a few forums that used vB though, mainly gaming forums used it.

 

[fdk]

I used vBulletin a few times back in the late 2000s and maybe very early 2010s, but overall I personally found the ACP quite complicated, the plugin process not very intuitive and the general customisation options available limited unless you were willing to pay significant extra amounts for further upgrades/plugins/features.

As a user, I liked a few vBulletin forums, but I wouldn't say they offered anything amazing specifically that other forum softwares didn't at the time, other than the "Spy" feature (a live account of what was happening on the forum). That was pretty neat and I'm pretty sure they were the first software to offer that specifically.

 

[Cory]

I've never run a forum with the vBulletin software, but a few Yu-Gi-Oh TCG boards were the first forums I participated in, and they both used vBulletin.