# Technical ? about this MB

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-about-this-mb/83234>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 22, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-about-this-mb/83234 "2001-09-22T19:32:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Oreo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Oreo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oreo)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-about-this-mb/83234/1 "2001-09-22T19:32:28Z")

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Is this message board use custom-written software, or is it a package message board program that has been configured for the message board?

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-about-this-mb/83234/2 "2001-09-22T19:37:52Z")

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This message board uses software from [vBulletin](http://www.vbulletin.com). I could type at length about how it works, and why, but it’s better to just investigate the link I have here.