No, this is not about a new chipping forum. It's something I've been thinking about for a while, and potential customer/consumer/user base is in the 50-100MM+, but definitely not 500MM+ (this is not Snapchat/twitter/FB or even Reddit stuff).
At its core, it is something similar to to what PCF is all about: chats, conversations, lots of help to and from members, discussions of topics, providing solutions, etc. But the issue I've been grappling with is the UI/UX part. Although forums such as PCF are great for smaller, niche products and services (this is true for gaming, lots of various tech products/services/verticals, health, food, pets, and all sorts of things), the general look and feel of a forum is a bit 'old' in the context of newer social media and socially interactive products such as FB/Twitter/Snap. This is NOT a product for millennials or Gen-Z, but in the age of smartphones, I can't see how a PCF (or any forum) can scale up and be used by 20MM or 50MM users (this is not about the back-end, which can be solved, but about UI/UX).
I am asking to see if you are aware of other 'forum' type sites, where they are community and discussion based, yet they UI/UX doesn't look like and feel like a 'forum'. Has anyone seen or thought about anything close to this? or does this need a completely new/custom approach?
At its core, it is something similar to to what PCF is all about: chats, conversations, lots of help to and from members, discussions of topics, providing solutions, etc. But the issue I've been grappling with is the UI/UX part. Although forums such as PCF are great for smaller, niche products and services (this is true for gaming, lots of various tech products/services/verticals, health, food, pets, and all sorts of things), the general look and feel of a forum is a bit 'old' in the context of newer social media and socially interactive products such as FB/Twitter/Snap. This is NOT a product for millennials or Gen-Z, but in the age of smartphones, I can't see how a PCF (or any forum) can scale up and be used by 20MM or 50MM users (this is not about the back-end, which can be solved, but about UI/UX).
I am asking to see if you are aware of other 'forum' type sites, where they are community and discussion based, yet they UI/UX doesn't look like and feel like a 'forum'. Has anyone seen or thought about anything close to this? or does this need a completely new/custom approach?