Still working out some kinks - but for those that want to play with a new project: [edit no longer online]
This has been discussed for awhile now (see even 9 months ago here) but there has been a good point raised about is this really ServeTheHome
anymore.
For those wondering, the #1 question I get from vendors these days is why do we have to call it "home" when we really look at some higher-end IT items. I spend hours each month answering that question.
As you will note, there is no ServeTheBiz.com or ServeThe.Biz. Likely it will be a WP front-end again, but it is being worked on and hope to have a decent user review system added to that platform.
In the meantime, I am half considering biting the bullet and having the discourse platform become the WP comments platform for both sites. Disqus was not fun and the current comment system is very rough. Last month we had well over 30,000 spam comments on the site and the moderation burden there is very difficult to manage.
The endgame plan is fairly simple:
ServeTheHome -> site for HOME servers + home automation
ServeTheBiz -> site for business IT
I do somewhat feel like this is an idea devoid of intellectual prowess, but at the same time, I do want to scale what we have here. The goal is really to keep STH mostly the same but to have a formal outlet to answer the business IT question.
Since this is hour 5 of implementation, more than happy to get feedback at this point. I think this has been discussed over the past year enough that I have a good idea where we are headed and how to grow what we started here into a new segment.
Also, if you are interested in playing with the discourse based discussion system: [edit no longer online] Only the basic installation has been completed at this point.
This has been discussed for awhile now (see even 9 months ago here) but there has been a good point raised about is this really ServeTheHome
anymore.
For those wondering, the #1 question I get from vendors these days is why do we have to call it "home" when we really look at some higher-end IT items. I spend hours each month answering that question.
As you will note, there is no ServeTheBiz.com or ServeThe.Biz. Likely it will be a WP front-end again, but it is being worked on and hope to have a decent user review system added to that platform.
In the meantime, I am half considering biting the bullet and having the discourse platform become the WP comments platform for both sites. Disqus was not fun and the current comment system is very rough. Last month we had well over 30,000 spam comments on the site and the moderation burden there is very difficult to manage.
The endgame plan is fairly simple:
ServeTheHome -> site for HOME servers + home automation
ServeTheBiz -> site for business IT
I do somewhat feel like this is an idea devoid of intellectual prowess, but at the same time, I do want to scale what we have here. The goal is really to keep STH mostly the same but to have a formal outlet to answer the business IT question.
Since this is hour 5 of implementation, more than happy to get feedback at this point. I think this has been discussed over the past year enough that I have a good idea where we are headed and how to grow what we started here into a new segment.
Also, if you are interested in playing with the discourse based discussion system: [edit no longer online] Only the basic installation has been completed at this point.
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