When starting a new forum, does your past connections from admin forums help you grow your forum?
I started a poker affiliate forum a few days ago, and we already got 5 members who I either know from my poker forum, or other admins/forum owners. One of my new members recently started a new crypto poker site, and they found the site from a discussion on my forums.
I think the value from webmaster communities for me is more on the passive knowledge side. I haven’t launched my project yet because I’m slow. However, I felt confident picking up a new hobby for the first time because of support and resources available from places like FP. I’m excited to launch soon though and am hopeful to see some familiar faces when it opens.
The connections I gained through admin forums was invaluable when I started out. The professional relationships I developed through years have created a strong base for me and it has really helped me to advance..
Eh. Depends on which admin forums really. I've never really had any success from here in that regard, due to how I jumped on staff and didn't leave back in the staff strike of 2014. Probably burned some bridges that haven't completely been repaired because of that time period, and the next year or two that followed.
