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I want to build a large forum - a very interactive social community. What do I have to consider, technically, to be able to support such a project?

If you’re planning a large, highly interactive forum, you need to think about more than just how many people will eventually use it. The forum software, database, hosting environment, server resources, security, backups, and overall website architecture all matter.

The good news is that you don’t need to guess whether