Community Manager Chat
Community Manager Chat
Discuss everything from running a community forum to broader webmaster topics like domains, hosting, and site maintenance.
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Success with re-opening a forum?
Started by Kathy ·
Success with re-opening a forum?
What success stories do we know about forums that closed and then re-opened? Is it rare? What makes it a success story?
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Artificial Intelligence and Forums
Started by Shawn ·
Artificial Intelligence and Forums
What do you think about AI and forums?Do you think the two can work together? Could AI actually make forums more popular again?Or do you think AI could be the total death of forums?
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Forum Motivation
Started by Shawn ·
Forum Motivation
What motivates you to keep running your forum?Is it your community or something else?Why do you keep logging onto your forum each day and maintaining it?
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Do you feel like we've lost creativity?
Started by Cedric ·
Do you feel like we've lost creativity?
I often browse the Web Archive to find inspiration for themes, graphics, and just the overall nostalgic vibe of the early 2010s. Themes for example were so much more vibrant back then. Partly because the internet itself was different, but also because there seemed to be so many m...
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Member Appreciation
Started by Kathy ·
Member Appreciation
In what ways do you show appreciation for your members?
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How do you keep your volunteer moderators motivated without being able to pay them?
Started by Bright ·
How do you keep your volunteer moderators motivated without being able to pay them?
I checked one forum that we manage voluntarily and I noticed that the moderators are barely active again. The truth is that volunteer jobs on forum don't always work. You can't motivate people with just a "thank you" forever. Sometimes little recognition helps. Giving them voice...
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Banning a favorite member
Started by Shawn ·
Banning a favorite member
Have you ever had to ban someone from your forum that you truly liked?Why did you have to resort to banning?Did you ever try to reverse it or was the damage already done?
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Do the loudest voices influence you?
Started by Kathy ·
Do the loudest voices influence you?
When it comes to listening to what your members want, do you do what the loudest, but few voices want?
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When a mod makes a mistake, is it better to address it publicly or handle it behind the scenes?
Started by Bright ·
When a mod makes a mistake, is it better to address it publicly or handle it behind the scenes?
Sometimes the mods behave like they are kings. They delete posts, lock threads with no explanation. Then later you find out that it was a mistake. Personally, I feel if a mistake happens publicly, they need to own it publicly too. It is as simple as that. There is no need to hide...
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How do you handle a "ghost town" phase?
Started by Bright ·
How do you handle a "ghost town" phase?
That ghost town phase can break a very strong person mentally. You post a topic, refresh the page 20 times, nothing happened. Sometimes I purposely reply my own threads just to make the place look active. Consistency is the only thing that helped me because if you abandon the for...
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How do you find your first 100 members?
Started by Bright ·
How do you find your first 100 members?
I've been checking my small forum analytics and honestly it's not encouraging. You create threads, reply yourself sometimes, even share links on WhatsApp groups. I even boosted one post with $50 last month thinking it would attract crowd. It was just three people that registered...
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What inspired you to start your first forum?
Started by Cedric ·
What inspired you to start your first forum?
Everyone’s got a story. Maybe it was a niche you were passionate about, or maybe you just wanted to build a community from scratch. What got you into forums in the first place?
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What are some of your favorite events on your forums to get activity going?
Started by Kathy ·
What are some of your favorite events on your forums to get activity going?
What are some of your favorite events on your forums to get activity going?
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Is it better to have many narrow categories or a few broad ones?
Started by Bright ·
Is it better to have many narrow categories or a few broad ones?
I was literally rearranging my forum categories because the whole place was looking so rough. There are too many sections everywhere and half of them are empty. I think few broad categories make more sense especially when the community is still very small. One forum i joined rece...
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Is a "Introduce Yourself" thread actually necessary?
Started by Bright ·
Is a "Introduce Yourself" thread actually necessary?
I was checking one new forum yesterday and the first thing I saw was “Introduce Yourself Here.” does anybody truly enjoy that thing again? Most people just type “hello i'm new here” and disappear forever. People now prefer entering hot gist immediately instead of formal introduct...
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