@julian I don't think I've ever seen a forum platform that is updated so frequently and continues to improve itself year after year. For that alone, all I can say is: great job, and thank you for the effort you've both put into it.

That said, I sometimes feel that when we focus heavily on certain initiatives, we risk moving away from the core realities and shortcomings of the forum itself.

For example, I enabled ActivityPub on my forum, but none of my users could actually use it. To be honest, even I struggled to understand it. Following people, interacting across different platforms, language differences, and not really knowing what was happening made it difficult to grasp.

Of course, everything isn't about money. I think it's an impressive piece of work from a technical perspective. But it's been around a year since development started maybe even longer and I think it's worth asking how many NodeBB forums are actively using it today. That kind of adoption is also an important measure of success.

That said, I've never doubted that you and Baris always do your best. I'm well aware that both of you have invested a huge amount of your time and energy into this project.

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply.