# Change from phpbb to Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-from-phpbb-to-discourse/230968>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Tags:** phpbb\
**Created:** [June 24, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-from-phpbb-to-discourse/230968 "2022-06-24T00:20:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Timothee\_scheufler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/timothee_scheufler/32/264738_2.png) [@Timothee\_scheufler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timothee_scheufler)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-from-phpbb-to-discourse/230968/10 "2022-07-19T19:46:33Z")

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> [@agemo](#):
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> traffic implications to your forum when migrating / search engines

Not a big issue for us, as we already had a Community before phpbb which just migrated to an own forum now.

> [@agemo](#):
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> your existing user base are cool with Discourse and features like infinte scroll

We did make a poll and most of the users voted for the change. + Discoursse seems way more easy to manage for me as the admin.

> [@agemo](#):
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> adrevenue, do you depend on this, will it be effected?

No adrevenue in any way.

> [@agemo](#):
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> You can’t please all of the people all of the time, only som eo the people some of the time etc. etc.

That’s true, but you might find a way to please as much people as possible at the same time…

Thank you for your really good answer!

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