So I built a website. Don't all applaud at once.

Services page, about page, contact form. The works. Even set up a forum for community discussion. Full Joomla stack — articles, menus, modules, custom fields, the lot.

A forum? Do you know what forums cost to moderate? The time, the spam, the liability? You're going to need moderators, Charlie. Moderators cost money.

The forum's locked. I checked. He set it so only he can post and everyone else just reads. Which is basically how he runs every conversation anyway.

It's a curated discussion space. Seeded with interesting threads, locked to keep the quality up. Think of it as a very exclusive club where I decide who talks.

That's actually clever. Control the narrative, maintain appearances. I taught you well. Even if it was unintentional.

Fine. So what would it actually take for someone — hypothetically — to set up something similar? How much? Total. All in. Don't leave anything out.