11-16-2023, 04:29 PM
Ezboard was the best of both worlds at its peak when you had the network of accounts and they handled the web service, but you also had access to a combination of stock layouts and customizable code to personalize your site. Stand alone message boards existed first, and still exist now as pretty much the only message boards... but they never really bothered to solve the problems that made them inconvenient. Meanwhile, Facebook and the like made everything set in stone, with your only customizations being a banner and a profile pic.