Meetro working to relive the 90s
[TC] Meetro Working to Make Forum Creation Dead Simple:
We’ve been informed that Meetro - provider of a location-based instant messaging service - is working on a stealth project that aims to make forum setup, customization, and moderation as easy as blogging with Blogger. The project, codenamed “Makaha”, has been in development since the beginning of this year. While many forums require users to find their own hosting and install software, Makaha will enable users to create and personalize forums through a point-and-click interface. Forums will have their own subdomains at the Makaha website just as blogs have their own subdomains at Blogger.
OMG!!1! Free forums for everybody! Totally disruptive! Watch out Google.
Discussion boards are all the rage these days. If only there was an easier way to get one going. Thanks Meetro for making my life so much easier. Oh wait. I forgot. We already went through this in 1998. Want a free easy-to-set-up forum? There are hundreds of them out there.
There is at least one problem with forums to keep in mind. You need a sizable community for them to be remotely useful. If you can deliver that, you are capable of finding hosting and installing software.
Also, you gotta love that one of the best things about this service is the subdomain promise. I thought that stopped being revolutionary before TechCrunch was around.
