Pound for Pound, Ninja Post is the Best Forum Software Around

Ninja Post forum software is fast, nimble, and powerful like Manny Pacquiao. Meanwhile, traditional forum software is bloated and slow like Butterbean. Yes, Butterbean-type software can get the job done, but not in the most elegant way. Feature bloat is ugly and an unfortunate trait inherent in most forum software packages.

We believe that, pound for pound, Ninja Post is the best forum software. Speed and power are combined within a lightweight framework. Threads update in real time, like a chat so the user does not need to constantly refresh the page to see if new items have been posted. Speed, elegance, and power trump an endless array of features. It’s true that Ninja Post doesn’t have every feature under the sun, but it does have the most essential features for users in your community to engage with one another.


A lightweight framework that is fast, nimble, and powerful

Can get the job done, but not in the most elegant way


 

Posted by Mike Wilt on January 14, 2011 under Forum Architecture & Design,General Discussion,Why Ninja Post
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Ninja Post Forum Software: The Best of Both Worlds

Forums are typically cluttered with too many sub forums, users’ signatures, content that’s quoted over and over again, blinking emoticons, and embedded images that cause pages to load slowly. Meanwhile, chat rooms are poorly organized and their content tends to be fleeting: if you’re not there in the moment, the conversation disappears.

Ninja Post forum software combines the best of both worlds: the speed and simplicity of a chat room and the structure and stability of a forum. We do not abide by the clutter that clogs most forums but we do provide enough organization so that new users can quickly get up to speed on the topic of conversation.

Here is a handy Venn Diagram:

Venn Diagram for Ninja Post forum software

Posted by Mike Wilt on July 28, 2010 under Forum Architecture & Design
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Optimize Customer Acquisition Costs

Organic search results, AdWords, and outreach via Twitter and Facebook are three of the most common ways to drive traffic to your site. But no matter how you attract visitors, the process is either time consuming or expensive or both.

Worse, once users make it to your site, they often vanish without a trace. Ninja Post message board software mitigates this scenario by making your website more engaging, more like a Borders or Barnes & Noble. It’s not hard to conceive of a message board that:

  • Anchors your social media strategy;
  • Allows you to optimize customer acquisition costs;
  • Keeps users coming back to your site; and
  • Helps you develop stronger customer relationships

That’s exactly what Ninja Post is designed to do. Then again, that’s just the tip of the iceberg of what Ninja Post can do…

Posted by Mike Wilt on April 27, 2010 under General Discussion
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New feature: Let me Google that for you!

Typical scenario: A user posts a question with an answer that could easily be found via Google.

Our solution: Integration with the website Let me Google that for you.

To our knowledge, Ninja Post is the first—and currently the only—message board with this feature. We hope that it comes in handy. The pictures below show how this feature works.

Step 1: Compose reply to ridiculous question using handy “goog” button.

Let me Google that for you - Step 1

Step 2: Post Reply.

Let me Google that for you - Step 2

Step 3: Link takes reader to Let me Google that for you website.

Let me Google that for you - Step 3

Step 4: Results are displayed in a new window.

Let me Google that for you - Step 4

Posted by Mike Wilt on March 7, 2010 under General Discussion
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Brain Jazz

Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise. —George Gershwin

One inspiration for Ninja Post was borne out of an interview that I conducted with Steve Silberman several years ago. Steve is a co-author of the book Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads and he is a contributing editor at Wired magazine.

Steve noted that The WELL, one of the earliest online communities, was once described as a stage for “brain jazz”: a global improvised jam where knowledge is the medium of exchange instead of musical notes.

To bring the notion of brain jazz to life, every Ninja Post thread updates in real time. We combined the stability of a traditional message board with the dynamic nature of a chat room. This makes the forum experience more fun, interactive, and improvisational.

Posted by Mike Wilt on March 3, 2010 under General Discussion
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