Courses How to create a forum correctly

[sisu]

Hello community,


I am the main ex-developer of StressedForums, mainly responsible for the fact that this forum has been opened, I improved it, but as many know; I loaded it up before its released. The CEO always do opsec as shit, even he was doxed, you can see him on Doxbin many times. I am going to answer very common questions when creating a forum of this type, and I will give some tips.

How I can stay anonymous?
It's impossible not to leave at least a little bit of a digital footprint on the internet. However, if you want to remain anonymous, try to use tools for that purpose such as Tor or Lokinet. Of course, make all your payments with cryptoccurrences, for example, when you go to buy the hosting server. For God's sake, try not to put your real data in whois. Do not name details of yourself, if you do, make sure they are fake.

How to maintain user anonymity?
Well, as I said before, it's practically impossible to maintain 100% anonymity, but ideally you should have no IP address logs and not accept domains like gmail in the mail. Browsing the accounts, much of it was Gmail or Outlook, many few used proton or other more anonymous services. For the safety of users, you should consider a domain blacklist.

Is it possible to avoid the impact on the internet?
Technically not. Stressedforums, as an example, only reached about 1000 to 2000 members. With the lapse of time, the inevitable happens and that is that the forum begins to appear in the news, therefore, it is also investigated by the authorities.

What software is used in these forums?
They usually use highly modifiable versions of MyBB with plugins. However, the forum team should take care of an intuitive design, make sure everything is working properly, configure the plugins, make configurations in MyBB, manage the server, and simply release it to production. At least in the best of cases.

Is it easy or difficult to get a large audience?
Obviously it is not an easy task. You need to offer something very innovative, since the competition is too big and broadly active. A referral program is usually used to expand and a point or reward system when you create posts. Personally, I think you should always offer a good variety of categories to handle on the forum.

I have used the most common doubts when creating a forum of this type. If you have any questions that I have not named, do not hesitate to say them. If this post is supported, I'll make a post debunking StressedForums, because there are a lot of things people should know about the other side of the forum.

By the way, I want to give recognition to the developers, moderators, administrators, and community of this forum for creating something so great and brilliant.

 

[hannibal2003]

Good infos, Thanks!

 

[dEEpEst]

I think the hardest part is not creating it, because anyone can create a forum with any of the many applications on the market. The hardest part is maintaining it over time. For example, if you notice, some posts here are from 2011, which means that in 2025 we will have had this forum for 14 years. And it hasn't been easy, because there have been many setbacks, but what you see most is that in almost 14 years people come and go, so I think the hard part is maintaining it over time.

By the way, I want to give recognition to the developers, moderators, administrators, and community of this forum for creating something so great and brilliant.

sisuIf this is for us I appreciate it, sometimes you need to hear things like this.