phpBB sucks because it's free. There's much better forum software out there: most sites that don't want to be sucky use something like vBulletin, and they do a pretty good business off it.
If you're getting into the forum business, you shouldn't compare yourself to free software like Phorum or phpBB, because they don't make any money. Instead, compare yourself to for-profit forums like vBulletin, Invision Power Board, or UBB. That space is pretty crowded, and the bar is pretty high.
If you're getting into the forum business, you shouldn't compare yourself to free software like Phorum or phpBB, because they don't make any money. Instead, compare yourself to for-profit forums like vBulletin, Invision Power Board, or UBB. That space is pretty crowded, and the bar is pretty high.