SneakyDave Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 Skooppa - The Social Knowledge and Opinion Platform Continued from this post: Most annoying TAZ members? | BASH.zone Scott M. from TAZ started this Skooppa project as a hosted forum solution completely new platform for online communities that was going to MAKE DEVELOPERS RICH, according to Digital Doctor. In the beginning, there were a number of people involved with the project, from a veteran coder, a network guy, and a security specialist, if I remember correctly, and of course, a dog. There were a lot of buzzwords used by Scott as to the synergies that were going to make Skooppa successful. It was going to be a hosted solution, but developers were going to be able to plug into the system for addons that were going to blow everybody's mind. And did I mention that these developers were going to get RICH? One of the only things I remember about this project is that Scott said it was going to use MongoDB at the time (because MongoDB was the hot thing), but now I think he moved on to some other hot technology as a backend to the Skooppa hosted forum solution, which just isn't a forum solution, it's more. Currently, it doesn't appear the Skooppa forums have much activity, maybe development is well under way? At one point, Scott mentioned that Skoppaa may go the crowdfunding route to "seed fund" project, but that doesn't appear to have come to fruition. One of the more recent posts on Skooppa indicate that Scott is now the only member of the team, but I haven't seen any announcements of any team members' departures. I would think Scott would have made an announcement about anybody joining or leaving the project, due to his desire to be completely transparent with information, road maps, and what not. Quote "I wonder if wife Susie knows about the vile crap he posts on his site and how it fits in with her "youth ministry"?" - Dr. Howard Rosenzweig, former owner of TheAdminZone
SneakyDave Posted May 8, 2016 Author Posted May 8, 2016 If you can search TAZ for BirdofPrey's posts on Skooppa, they are hilarious. Here is another thread describing "the dream". Grandiose Delusions Quote "I wonder if wife Susie knows about the vile crap he posts on his site and how it fits in with her "youth ministry"?" - Dr. Howard Rosenzweig, former owner of TheAdminZone
Scrotnig Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 Scott's obsession with vBulletin has always tickled me. Every time he complains about something - eg slow development, not making annuncements about staff changes, no public roadmap - Joe is always there to point out that Skooppa has achieved precisely zero in what is now many years. Skoopa is, and always will be, vapourware. Whatever anyone thinks about vBulletin, (or any of the main forum products such as IPB, XenForo or WBB), they ALL have a workable product that they have put out of the door and which is available to buy. Skooppa hasn't even produced so much as a concept screenshot or mockup. Now, don't get me wrong - I wish Scott well with the project and hope he turns up with something and it's awesome. I like his aims and goals. But it's a bit rich for him to complain about vBulletin so much when there is total silence from him on Skooppa's progress and when they might have anything - even just a mockup - to show people. Quote "GRIMM is a GAY LORD. And I don't talk to GAYS!" - Gary Thomas Bolton, 2002
SneakyDave Posted May 8, 2016 Author Posted May 8, 2016 This is the only mockup we've seen, and I'm not even sure what it's showing: Quote "I wonder if wife Susie knows about the vile crap he posts on his site and how it fits in with her "youth ministry"?" - Dr. Howard Rosenzweig, former owner of TheAdminZone
fool Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 Scotty is unfit to run a business because he's just to naive. His idealism doesn't belong in the real world. He's the kind of delusional capitalist who believe in the myth of the American Dream. Him quoting scum of the earth like Sam Walton as motivation is just too ironic. Quote
13511 Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Well, no matter what, Mr Sam died with his bank book fairly overflowing. Quote
SneakyDave Posted March 19, 2017 Author Posted March 19, 2017 Skooppa Scott updated his blog back in December. Skooppa's going to be all JavaScript now, ditching PHP, because he's basically the only person working on it now. :eek: Also, he plans to have a proof of concept in place by the end of 2017. A project that's been in development for over 3 years. : unamused: Javascript is our (new) Language | Skooppa.com Quote "I wonder if wife Susie knows about the vile crap he posts on his site and how it fits in with her "youth ministry"?" - Dr. Howard Rosenzweig, former owner of TheAdminZone
Guest Bariatrician Posted March 19, 2017 Posted March 19, 2017 Skoopa sucks dick. I am staying with XF. Quote
SneakyDave Posted January 20, 2018 Author Posted January 20, 2018 It's been 8 months since skooppa had a blog update, and that was just to announce that Scott M. decided to go with a buzz wordy Javascript framework named Quasar: We’re Moving Forward with Quasar | Skooppa.com Quote "I wonder if wife Susie knows about the vile crap he posts on his site and how it fits in with her "youth ministry"?" - Dr. Howard Rosenzweig, former owner of TheAdminZone
SneakyDave Posted January 20, 2018 Author Posted January 20, 2018 Joebulletin > SkooppaPooppa Quote "I wonder if wife Susie knows about the vile crap he posts on his site and how it fits in with her "youth ministry"?" - Dr. Howard Rosenzweig, former owner of TheAdminZone
Scrotnig Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 And to think Scott used to criticise vBulletin for slow progress with releases. Seems releasing software isn't as easy as he thought. Quote "GRIMM is a GAY LORD. And I don't talk to GAYS!" - Gary Thomas Bolton, 2002
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.