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| DJ Fire | Oct 30 2005, 07:04 PM Post #16 |
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Fore that, or to reserve Names for Friends ect. |
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| =-=SpAsTIC_B1RdY=-= | Oct 31 2005, 01:25 AM Post #17 |
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I hate it when this happens, with Music Central 153 (some of my boards) we have 63 members...most have posted at least once but then you get people who are really active for a week or two then dissapear thats really not good lol!!! |
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| -Neo Metallix- | Oct 31 2005, 01:50 AM Post #18 |
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Yeah, I hate that! My board has 145 members and only 5 or so post.. And that's like once every couple of days. Lots of them have never posted... My board used to be busy though, I have 38 members and 12-15 of them posted everyday. It was sweet.... |
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| Lock | Oct 31 2005, 02:00 AM Post #19 |
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Really its maturity, 90% of the people that join this boards are 13 or below, know the ones that post and get to know the community are usually 14+. That just comes in time, most of them play games and have no personality. |
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| RubyNut | Oct 31 2005, 02:05 AM Post #20 |
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My Board is The Same Way, With 29 Members only 5 Ever Post |
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| -Neo Metallix- | Oct 31 2005, 02:12 AM Post #21 |
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Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep members coming back? I mean besides activity, that's obvious. Is there a trick to hook members? Is there a trick to get guests to sign up? MOST people join my boards, because they want to advertise and they'll do it through PM, Sig, and posts in places it isn't supposed to be in. |
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| Lock | Oct 31 2005, 02:13 AM Post #22 |
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You would have to make a Multi Age Forum, which means have things that are liked from the age 10 +, because as said, the majority people registering are 13- below. |
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| Dale | Oct 31 2005, 02:16 AM Post #23 |
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13 and below I would say is not True.... for obvious reasons |
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| Lock | Oct 31 2005, 02:45 AM Post #24 |
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What are thoughs reasons? I've seen alot underaged people at forums, I can even show you a link. |
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| Kezzie | Oct 31 2005, 02:48 AM Post #25 |
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without a coppa form, you must be 13 or over. Coppa forms can be alot of hassle so many dont use them |
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| Lock | Oct 31 2005, 02:50 AM Post #26 |
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Alot people just say there over 13, when they register everything. WHen they have to place the date they were born its easy to get by passed. |
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| Hammerlock Jones | Oct 31 2005, 05:48 AM Post #27 |
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I started up my forum in July and only got 5 registered members after 3 months online, half of which were relatives (mercy registerations, once they found out I was having trouble gaining members....those are almost worse than no new registrations).And after registering even THEY wouldn't post! One member said in an e-mail conversation that he would post if there was more activity on the board. So I registered a dozen fictitious members and spent a few weeks every night posting as each person to make the board seem more lively (pathetic, I know), and it didn't work. The guy still wouldn't post and, as far as I know, has never even returned to the site. I thought I'd get at least a few of the people at other forums I post at (and considered "friends") to register. But, no. Nothing. Finally I came to a point where I was torn between deleting the board, or changing it's format. I changed the format. No members now. I just post a lot of resource information on the board's primary topic (movies), and offer a wide variety of weblinks to movie sites (as well as the usual games, theater, etc). I get a lot of guests (I always had pretty good guest traffic) so I guess the new format is working out better than the old. I also have a Christian site (which I spend 90% of my online time at), which I recently converted to the same format, as it too was having loads of trouble drawing members. Even though I joined about a billion webrings,banner exchanges, and submitted the site to all sorts of search engines.....
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| Teh 1337 | Oct 31 2005, 08:01 AM Post #28 |
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Seth = My Fave Admin!!11
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My forum situation depresses me. 81 members. 2860 posts. HARDLY ANYONE VISITS!! <_< :o :mellow:
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| Zen Maniacovici | Oct 31 2005, 09:27 AM Post #29 |
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People use it, thesedays, to have a bigger member count and attract others to join. This is wrong use of it. It was there to reserve names, register extra admin accounts faster and other things like that. |
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| DJ Fire | Oct 31 2005, 10:05 AM Post #30 |
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Exactly what i ve said earlier
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