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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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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If you were offered a paid gig...
Started by Shawn ·
If you were offered a paid gig...
If a forum owner offered you a paid community manager position, what would you provide as the community manager?Feel free to list the amounts of pay versus what sort of services you would provide.For example, I used to get paid $1,000 a month to be a CM for a very popular copywri...
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Theme Change Frequency
Started by Shawn ·
Theme Change Frequency
How often do you change themes on your forum?Do you ask your members before you change a theme, or do you assume they’ll like the change and do it without asking?Do you think many admins want change more than actual members when it comes to different forum themes?
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Need a banner for your Forum Spark site for Admin Banner?
Started by Kathy ·
Need a banner for your Forum Spark site for Admin Banner?
If you’re thinking of joining Admin Banner and you need a banner that’s 728×90, I’m willing to create one free for the next 5 people who are going to sign up on Admin Banner and have a Forum Spark community. Just message me and give me the details 🙂And if you want to take a crac...
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Missing Features
Started by Shawn ·
Missing Features
In general, what features are most forum platforms missing?What would make forums way better?
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What are your fears about migrating to a new platform?
Started by Kathy ·
What are your fears about migrating to a new platform?
What are your fears about migrating to a new platform?
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Quitting Forums
Started by Shawn ·
Quitting Forums
What would make you want to quit forums altogether?Have you ever taken a break from them?
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Suicidal members
Started by Shawn ·
Suicidal members
Have you ever dealt with a member who threatens to hurt or kill themselves on your forum?What did you do as a response?If this hasn’t happened to you, how would you react?
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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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