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Creation of a -good- board
Topic Started: Jan 18 2006, 09:58 PM (1,349 Views)
Antialiasis
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I usually only join forums if they have an actual website to go with them.

In my experience, stand-alone forums are either tiny where nobody posts or huge. Unless you can magically make it huge, yours is going to be tiny, which is rather boring...
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Spirix
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Antialiasis
January 20, 2006 04:53 PM
I usually only join forums if they have an actual website to go with them.

In my experience, stand-alone forums are either tiny where nobody posts or huge. Unless you can magically make it huge, yours is going to be tiny, which is rather boring...

My forum doesn't have a website attached to it and it has over 1500 members and 45k posts. Althought a website has and is still being considered. :geek:
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Super Goku
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.Supperiority ∆
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Attract:
1. Professional
2. Active
3. Intelligent Administrators
4. Debate forum
5. Attractive skin

Repel:
1. A lot of spam
2. Stupid Administrators
3. Nothing to talk about
4. Eye-burning skin
5. Dead board
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rJay
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Ways to attract rJay:

- Nice skin, banner etc
- Nice members, funny too
- Nice mods/admins but stick to the rules at the same time
- Competitions
- Active
- Fun topics

How to get rid of me:

- Crap skin
- Annoying members
- Bad staff
- No post
- No comps
- 12 year old talk (hehe omz liek u no hehe)

But i want to mention if i see a board with a bad skin ill leave before looking at the post or stats lol.
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Firefox dude
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rJay
January 20, 2006 05:54 PM
But i want to mention if i see a board with a bad skin ill leave before looking at the post or stats lol.

Would that count as the default skin? :'( (Board is in my sig.)
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DJ Omnimaga
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the only problem with bad grammar is that sometimes the admin running a board isn't english speaking native and create an english speaking board so his grammar and spelling cannot be necessarly perfect :(
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rJay
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Firefox dude
January 21, 2006 11:01 AM
rJay
January 20, 2006 05:54 PM
But i want to mention if i see a board with a bad skin ill leave before looking at the post or stats lol.

Would that count as the default skin? :'( (Board is in my sig.)

Nah its ok, usually if it has a cool banner ill join :D
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Apocylipzz
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</3 </3 I am sporadic movement </3 </3
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In reverse order:

5. Good skin/Banner
4. Topic about stuff I like
3. Ran by someone who knows what their doing
2. As little lag as possible
1. If their a member of my forum.
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rJay
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Crap better join your forum
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Apocylipzz
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</3 </3 I am sporadic movement </3 </3
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rJay
January 22, 2006 08:56 PM
Crap better join your forum

:lol:.

Also, with number three, I don't mean as in someone who only started yesterday, I mean someone who asked questions as dumb as mine. EG;

How do I make a board, How do I make forums? :lol:.
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rJay
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Apocylipzz
January 23, 2006 08:40 AM
rJay
January 22, 2006 08:56 PM
Crap better join your forum

:lol:.

Also, with number three, I don't mean as in someone who only started yesterday, I mean someone who asked questions as dumb as mine. EG;

How do I make a board, How do I make forums? :lol:.

LOL.

How do i post?
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Billamen
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It's quite simple actually. You just need the right skin and a awesome one at that.

Another thing is don't have too many forums at once. Too many forums starting off overwelms users. And then they leave.

And you should also limit the use of excessive profanity by word filtering those words out so people who hate swearing don't have to see it.

You shouldn't be too strict to your members when you first start. A visitor's first impression is always important. Think about it, would you join a forum where you could not read the text? I wouldn't, but some people have their own opinions on the boards they join.

And one more thing, no nude or porn on your forums. if you follow those rules, you'll be fine.
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Firefox dude
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January 22, 2006 05:06 PM
It's quite simple actually. You just need the right skin and a awesome one at that.

Another thing is don't have too many forums at once. Too many forums starting off overwelms users. And then they leave.

And you should also limit the use of excessive profanity by word filtering those words out so people who hate swearing don't have to see it.

You shouldn't be too strict to your members when you first start. A visitor's first impression is always important. Think about it, would you join a forum where you could not read the text? I wouldn't, but some people have their own opinions on the boards they join.

And one more thing, no nude or porn on your forums. if you follow those rules, you'll be fine.

It's also against the TOS. :)
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KyngzIndeyen
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Attract:

5) Good skin
4) Professional staff (e.g. stf spk lk ths = I leave)
3) Topic that I'm interested in.
2) Good admin who knows how to run the forum.
1) Member on my forum.

Repel:

5) Admin too strict (e.g. enforcing a mod queue for one double-post).
4) Staff have bad spelling/grammar.
3) Admin doesn't know what he/she is talking about (e.g. on a skinning forum, the admin doesn't have a clue about skinning).
2) Lots of spam.
1) Advertised on my forum, and then just left.
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Ironside
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i wunt join a forum if da admin posted like dis!1

Things that attract me

- How active it is
- Skin and how good the admins are
- Type of board
- Quality of topics, e.g no forum games
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