Joshua Farrell
FP's Housekeeper
Believe it or not, part of many forums' success if determined on how the majority of the populous sees the admin of said forums. I, personally, have seen a many forums take off because it's admin was well liked by outside communities they were a apart of.
Think about it for a second, you see two different people with two different forums, but the same subject, a subject that interests you. Guy A is a pretty nice guy. He is willing to interact with you, and post with you in a fun, mature way. He is considerate of others' feelings, and always brings something interesting to the table. Guy B is a jerk. He likes to spam his forum, begging people to join. He likes to make smart alack comments towards other members, post spam replies, and flames others when they point out that he is wrong.
Now, whose board would you be more likely to join? Person A, or Person B?
No one likes a spammer. Spamming your site begging people to join is one sure way to never get any real members. If you're lucky a few people will register with obscene names as insults directed towards you, but no real members. Would you join a forum where it's admin didn't have any more sense then to go around advertising in the least effective, and most annoying way possible? What does that say about their maturity? More importantly, what does that say about the chances of success for their forum when they obviously have no common sense, let alone enough sense to run a successful forum.
No one likes a rude smart alack person. If you are part of another community you hope to get members from, and are just plain rude, then people will stay as far away from you as possible. I mean, would you want to join a forum where the admin likes to insult others, spam, make fun of you, makes rude comments about other people and other things? Highly unlikely.
How you present yourself on other forums, other communities, is how people will form opinions of you, and form initial opinions of your forum. You can have the best forum in the world, but if you go around acting like person B, then no one will ever give you a chance. No one wants to be around anyone like that, unless they, themselves are immature, smart alack, rude spammers.
The admin of a site is the most important member to a forum's success. He/She is the one who sets all of the examples that others will try to follow. He/She is the one who ultimately stands before the judge and jury every time there are out in other communities hoping to get some members.
What you want to do while visiting other communities (and while visiting your own forum) is to be nice, caring, productive, entertaining, mature, sensitive to others, ect. Be silly if you want, that's fine, we are all a little bit silly, but do it in an acceptable way. Follow all of the rules, don't get branded as a constant rule breaker. Again, what does that say about your forum if you can't follow simple rules on other communities? Would you elect a mayor who was a rapist?
Just use some common sense, and do the right thing, and treat people right. By doing that, you will only gain. By acting like a fool, like person B, you will always loose.
Thoughts, comments?
Think about it for a second, you see two different people with two different forums, but the same subject, a subject that interests you. Guy A is a pretty nice guy. He is willing to interact with you, and post with you in a fun, mature way. He is considerate of others' feelings, and always brings something interesting to the table. Guy B is a jerk. He likes to spam his forum, begging people to join. He likes to make smart alack comments towards other members, post spam replies, and flames others when they point out that he is wrong.
Now, whose board would you be more likely to join? Person A, or Person B?
No one likes a spammer. Spamming your site begging people to join is one sure way to never get any real members. If you're lucky a few people will register with obscene names as insults directed towards you, but no real members. Would you join a forum where it's admin didn't have any more sense then to go around advertising in the least effective, and most annoying way possible? What does that say about their maturity? More importantly, what does that say about the chances of success for their forum when they obviously have no common sense, let alone enough sense to run a successful forum.
No one likes a rude smart alack person. If you are part of another community you hope to get members from, and are just plain rude, then people will stay as far away from you as possible. I mean, would you want to join a forum where the admin likes to insult others, spam, make fun of you, makes rude comments about other people and other things? Highly unlikely.
How you present yourself on other forums, other communities, is how people will form opinions of you, and form initial opinions of your forum. You can have the best forum in the world, but if you go around acting like person B, then no one will ever give you a chance. No one wants to be around anyone like that, unless they, themselves are immature, smart alack, rude spammers.
The admin of a site is the most important member to a forum's success. He/She is the one who sets all of the examples that others will try to follow. He/She is the one who ultimately stands before the judge and jury every time there are out in other communities hoping to get some members.
What you want to do while visiting other communities (and while visiting your own forum) is to be nice, caring, productive, entertaining, mature, sensitive to others, ect. Be silly if you want, that's fine, we are all a little bit silly, but do it in an acceptable way. Follow all of the rules, don't get branded as a constant rule breaker. Again, what does that say about your forum if you can't follow simple rules on other communities? Would you elect a mayor who was a rapist?
Just use some common sense, and do the right thing, and treat people right. By doing that, you will only gain. By acting like a fool, like person B, you will always loose.
Thoughts, comments?
