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#198 10/13/2023 11:52 PM
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One of my favorite free forum hosts was Zetaboards. I remember coming across the site sometime in 2010 or so and I really liked the style of the forum. If I discovered it before Forumotion, I would have made my very first forum on that platform. Sadly the owner of the site ended up selling it to Tapatalk, there was a host that was going to be similar to Zetaboards but it seems that the project may be abandoned. It was called Forum Spark, it's a shame I think it could have been the spiritual successor to Zetaboards.

#199 10/15/2023 9:06 PM
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I never actually used Zetaboards myself but I remember hearing a lot about it and seeing a lot of forums using it back in the day. It's a shame that they sold/closed it because it was a great resource used by many.

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This was such a good platform and community. Shame Brandon sold it to TapaTalk.

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How could I not remember? I was an active contributor for almost a decade. I do miss ZetaBoards as a whole and the type of features it had, but I have moved on for the most part. I realize ZetaBoards is just a part of my forum history that is now literally history.

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I miss Zetaboards. I wish that one had never gone by the wayside. I really enjoyed using that platform until they were sold out to Tapatalk.

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I enjoyed it while it was around. I remember the Atrium forum that Reverie did. That was fun to be apart of.


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Originally Posted by Gizmo
I enjoyed it while it was around. I remember the Atrium forum that Reverie did. That was fun to be apart of.

I remember that one as well. I have fond memories of that community.

I wish that they never got rid of that software and sold it off to Tapatalk......but what can you do.

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Zetaboards was pretty fun to use, I don't remember if I ever actually ran any forums off of it but I was a member on a few.

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I miss ZB. I loved using them. I had a custom theme on them too done by Sarah/Kik. Fortunately, now that theme has been converted to Xenforo and improved in some aspects. smile

Still, ZB was a fantastic free alternative. It's a shame they never launched 2.0 but instead sold out to tapatalk who just butchered it.


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I wasn't active much in forums where zetaboards was popular, I have never used zetaboards, not even as a user.


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