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Originally Posted by shoot twice
So really why should I fork out money for a domain then make go to the trouble of creating a forum that will only get buried in the Internet graveyard?
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Because it costs little more than free to build and host it yourself, removing the risk that someone else's company has control over your content, your forum, YOUR hard work.
A domain at GoDaddy.com is .99 today.
A year of hosting can be had for less than $50.
It's dead simple to put all this together, even for someone who's never done it before. Hell, you can find cheap hosting with one click install and everything is done for you.
You keep control. You can do what you want with your community.
It's pretty simple and makes no sense to use free services. You're not going to find ANYONE here who's going to suggest that's a good idea, because it's not.
You can even use Wordpress to build a forum. It's worth the time and a few dollars spent to keep control of your own stuff. It's really as simple as that.
