First Impressions:
My first thoughts when I entered your site was I thought it was a gaming community when I viewed it for the first time but I realized it was a gaming AND tech site when I looked a little bit further. I elaborate more on this later in the review. I do think that you have a pretty clean look to your site. The "theme" is mostly a darker theme and a lot of people tend to like that for gaming sites. Navigating your site was pretty easy and that's something that is pretty high on my list. If people can't navigate you site very easily then you'll have potential members that will quickly leave instead of joining because that can be very frustrating.
Average
Design Quality:
The "theme" goes well with the gaming aspect of the site but it doesn't really represent the technology part of it. That would be what I'd change about the design is you want to represent
all of it, not just a parts of it. The other thing I noticed is the following message towards the top of the site.....
"Welcome to DestroyRepeat - The #1 place to talk about Video Games. Why not take a minute to register for your own free account now? Registration is completely free and will enable the use of all site features including the ability to join in or create your own discussions."
Instead of asking people to register, I would use the space to talk about your site. I can see that you list your site as gaming and tech along with the title but you can elaborate on that by replacing that message. Having a message asking people to outright join before they have a chance to view the site with their own eyeballs can be off putting to some people.
Average
Site Structure:
The first thing I want to mention is the widgets on the right hand side of your forum. The one labeled "Latest Posts" should be pushed to the top and "Forum Statistics" should be right behind it. I'm not saying that the other widgets are bad, you can still keep those. I just think it would help the forum if you put an emphasis on the widgets that help show off the activity. Potential members will look at those to see what the activity looks like on your forum. Also, your site claims to be gaming and technology, however, you have many areas of the forum to discuss gaming but I only saw one area to discuss technology. I was expecting your forum to have equal number of sections for gaming and technology. I would like to see you expand on the tech side of the forum instead of having just one area at the very bottom of the forum.
Average
Originality:
Destroy Repeat is a forum centered around gaming and technology. I've seen a lot of communities that focus on gaming and/or technology so it is important to help you stand out from everyone else. By doing some brainstorming, you can offer something that the other communities don't have. Maybe you can host a special event on your forum that your members can participate in (whether it is monthly, yearly, etc. is up to you). Maybe you can add a blog with important and relevant information regarding the gaming or technology industries. You can also advertise these things using social media like Facebook and Twitter to help attract traffic to your site.
Poor
Activity Level:
I looked at your "new posts" on your forum and they are a little sporadic. In order to make your forum appealing to potential members, you have to create regular content for them to engage in. You can't expect someone else to do all the posting for you. As the owner of the forum, you have to be willing to do some of the posting yourself. It gives the impression that the owner cares enough about the community to participate and share in the discussions with others who post on the forum. You can also participate in exchanges with others here on FP or you can request a package from the
Package Team here on FP. This can make it appear that other members are regularly posting on your forum, especially if you decide to do daily post exchanges with members here on Forum Promotion.
Poor
The thing I liked the best: The clean look of the site.
The thing I liked the least: The lack of activity on the forum.
Overall Mark:
There are lots of good things about your site and there are a few things that can be improved upon as well. I think that you're a hard worker and I believe that those things are achievable for you. I wish you and the site the best of luck in the future!
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