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DudeThatsErin

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Hello,

I recently was given access to a free Xenforo license someone was not using and decided to use it on http://forumbeast.net

Right now it is a general discussion forum but I wanted to know what ideas you guys had in mind that I could do for a forum?
My main forum (link in my sig) is the only topic I really have a passion about but I wanted to start a second one since I had access to this awesome forum software.

Topics I'm not interested in as they have been suggested to me before or I tried them and failed-
  • Gaming = Xbox/Playstation/PC/DS/etc; Already suggested to me and I feel like this niche is already bloated with forums. Y'all may not think that but I do and if I'm the owner I have to feel like my forum is going to work, don't I?
  • Promotion Forum = Advertising of any kind (I may keep the section that is there, but I haven't decided if I want to, I just need to find use for the footer if I don't or find a layout that gets rid of it altogether); Already did that with this name and I don't think it went that well...
That is all I could think of... off of the top of my head at least.

Topics I do have interest in but am not sure how to make into a forum...
  • Hosting Support; not just from me but more of a general "I need help with cPanel... it did this" and help finding hosting with maybe an advertising section for hosts? Idk... kinda starting to copy http://vpsboard.com Lol
  • Soccer/Basketball; I don't watch Basketball but I do play and I want to get into watching Soccer and I love playing soccer.
  • Technology; More into phones rather than technology in general
  • Websites; I love learning new websites and what websites I could visit and providing support for websites.
As you can tell I am HUGELY into providing support... maybe that could be a topic? I'm not sure.. I guess that goes along with me loving to teach people things. I need to know what I am supporting and THAT'S where the issue comes into play. lol
I was also thinking about moving it over to my hosting site (hostwish.pw) and using it as a support forum... what do you guys think?

Since this is an open beta, if people join and post, their posts will be kept no matter what changes are made but the changes will be made live with all comments taken into consideration. 🙂
 
probably is fondly simplistic but white and red look good and make a clean view...
 
I think you should either stick with general chat (what you have now) or maybe go for Tech. You could also add some support forums relating to tech devices such as computers and smartphones (you'll need someone who has great knowledge in both and other items, or if you know some stuff, that's useful as well). I think a tech forum would appeal more to visitors/users. 😛
 
Hey there!

I am quite happy that you are looking for more opportunities for helping people and a mindset like that is quite rare to find.

Here is a brief evaluation I made for you interests.

1- Sports Forum - As stated by a poster above me, this is one thing you could consider because the news keep updating every second and the discussion can go on with no end in sight atleast in the near future. But I would prefer you not do it because your interest lies primarily in soccer and not 'sports' as such.

2 - Technology - clearly the best option. Because if you start a technology forum, there can be a section about 'websites' and 'hosting' which will kind of fullfill your needs. You can also link your forum with this new one since both are technically related to technology.

Anyway, all the nest! Remember, never start a community for the sake of doing it. Do it, only if your passion stays! 😉
 
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