Matthew Mecham is one of the most famous people in the world of online communities, and a popular person among Webmasters who use the famous Ikonboard -- and now the popular Ibforums -- scripts to power their communities.

Matt has worked on products like YaBB SE and, with YaBB founder Zef Hemel, started "Ikonboard", one of the most popular community scripts on the Internet. Now, Matt's making a splash with his own group of services, Invision, which has rolled out Ibforums. We asked Matthew to dedicate some of his time to answering a few questions which have been on our minds...


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Thanks. Yes Matt is a great guy and a very smart person/coder.
That is why his board, Invision Board, is the best BB on the internet.

:D

True :)

Invision: The best free BB on the Internet
Vbulletin: The best BB on the Internet

:D

I think vbulletin has some issues...invision is very good..

Yes, Matt is a great guy and I will really enjoy working along with him and his InvisionBoard Team.

Yes, I have known Matt (online) for years. Watched him grow, and start over again. iBforums is his best effort best yet.
Good Job Matt!

Great article, thanks for linking! iBF rules.. and if they continue like this will be a pain in the ass for vBulletin soon (if that isn't already the case)

With their v1.1 out, I cannot see VB being any better.

i bet he's a great guy to know ;) ;) ;)

IBForums is good stuff. I used to use Ikonboard back in the day. The main problem for me was developing "hacks" for his boards under that license, I couldn't release "updated" or "hacked" files. I had to document everything and then the end user would add the hack themselves. Which is great for learning, but it creates a deluge of support issues, to the point it simply wasn't enjoyable for me anymore.

On the flipside, I understand his reasoning. I do a fair amount of GPL stuff, and I'd estimate only 10% or so of people leave copyrights intact.