Which to use when and why. TLDR: Use bbPress for support forums, and BuddyPress for everything else (Profiles, Activity Streams, User Groups, etc...)

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2. @JJJ
• Automattic, WordPress.com VIP team
• Lead developer for BuddyPress and bbPress
• Slides are dumb
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3. Official Sister Projects
to WordPress
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4. • buddypress.org
• buddypress.trac.wordpress.org
• bbpress.org
• bbpress.trac.wordpress.org
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5. • Social networking in a box
• Everything you need to start your self-hosted and
WordPress-powered social network
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6. • Forums, made the WordPress way
• Easily setup discussion forums inside your self-
hosted WordPress.org powered site
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7. Which one is best?
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9. Blogs
Friends Groups
Forums
Activity Profiles
Settings Messages
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10. Forums
Profiles
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17. Seriously, which one is best?
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18. • Use bbPress for support forums
• Use BuddyPress for everything else
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26. @JJJ
• automattic.com (We’re hiring!)
• buddypress.org (We’re awesome!)
• bbpress.org (We’re... running out of things to say)
• @buddypress (Out of things to say)
• @bbpress ( o_O )
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