Did you find that your forum merge helped activity?
- Thread starter Katrina
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I feel it really depends on the niche of the forum as to whether a merge really helps a forum when it comes to activity.
I recently merged Chat Addicts with Revillution due to not having time due to my health, and due to the unexpected passing of my mum, I feel even now, merging was the better option.
We have seen a steady increase in activity, which has been great since the merger.
I recently merged Chat Addicts with Revillution due to not having time due to my health, and due to the unexpected passing of my mum, I feel even now, merging was the better option.
We have seen a steady increase in activity, which has been great since the merger.
I did get some more activity once I merged my three forums together to create Thee Zone, but then eventually the activity sort of died off unfortunately.
Yes.
I had Off Topic Forum using vBulletin 6.
It became dead and it was hard to work with for what people wanted out of it.
I was on the verge of just shutting it down. Then I decided to try to convert to XenForo, pivot with a new name, and see where it went.
I converted it to XenForo and renamed it Talk Whatever.
It has done 200% times better since then and there are always new conversations going on the forum.
It's the best general forum I've ever ran!
I had Off Topic Forum using vBulletin 6.
It became dead and it was hard to work with for what people wanted out of it.
I was on the verge of just shutting it down. Then I decided to try to convert to XenForo, pivot with a new name, and see where it went.
I converted it to XenForo and renamed it Talk Whatever.
It has done 200% times better since then and there are always new conversations going on the forum.
It's the best general forum I've ever ran!
Is this a forum that you still run? How’s it doing now?
If both communities are focused on gaming, then merging could make sense why not?
However, members usually stay because of the people they know, the community atmosphere, and the staff team. If one site merges into another but the staff team changes or the environment feels different, members are unlikely to stay. People don’t just follow a website name. they follow the community and the experience they’re used to. If the merged site ends up being run differently or no longer feels the same, many members will move on rather than remain somewhere that no longer matches what they joined for.
However, members usually stay because of the people they know, the community atmosphere, and the staff team. If one site merges into another but the staff team changes or the environment feels different, members are unlikely to stay. People don’t just follow a website name. they follow the community and the experience they’re used to. If the merged site ends up being run differently or no longer feels the same, many members will move on rather than remain somewhere that no longer matches what they joined for.
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