Admin forums

[MasterA]

Do you think Admin forums are dead these days? Do you think they still have potential? Do you use admin forums?

 

[Kino]

Do you think Admin forums are dead these days? Do you think they still have potential? Do you use admin forums?

Honestly I have never been an active member of a webmaster/admin forum. They were quite popular back in the day, however they, like all forums seem to slowly be dying out. It's a shame.

 

[Teg]

I'm in agreement with Kino. Admin forums used to be pretty big and booming. As of late, I've yet to find an active one that I enjoy enough to make posts. They all seem to replicate all the others. Even the members on every community seem to be the same. It's annoying to me, really.

 

[Cierra]

They do seem to be slowing down some but I think they still have some effectiveness.

 

[Sam]

In the past, ForumPromotion has always had 2-3 really active admin/ promotion forums advertised here (by members who have created them). That is no longer the case.

A significant number of people now post to Facebook groups rather than forums even though, in my opinion, there are massive advantages that forums have.

 

[Cosmic]

I used to be on TAZ, but haven't visited it much recently. The only admin forum I'm really on is FP.

 

[cpvr]

I'm currently running, owning and managing one, so I'd like to personally say that no admin forums aren't dying. If there were dying, then theadminzone wouldn't have a ton of different posters making over 50-300 new posts on a daily basis.

 

[Mushmellow]

Forums are only active when they have active staff. I've visited a couple of forums and seen how many users posted problems they've been having but no one to answer them. When I join a forum I want them to have dedicated staff. I expect constant activity from the staff's end.

 

[Mikaya]

I've checked out a few admin communities, and sadly, they're not all that active. I really enjoy the nature of discussions relating to management of forums. You can learn a lot from others. I think they have at least some potential to succeed, but you need to put the effort in. ^^

I don't personally use them nowadays, I just lurk and check them sometimes.

 

[Nebulous]

Admin forums are typically made up of people who run their own forums so you'll see a lot people who are being condescending and patronizing towards each other. Too many chiefs and not enough indians. Also the topics of discussion on admin forums tend to be a little dry and overdone.
It can be hard to sustain a community like that, so that's why I think a lot of them reach stagnation pretty quickly.