How long to allow inactivity on forum?
- Thread starter Katrina
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Deleted member 49125
Unless something happens, I'm on my forum twice a day & post at least a couple of threads to get it started. Depending on the activity level, I'll post more to get conversations going.
I try not to let it bother me when I don't see new posts or threads. I just hope that whatever I post, somebody will pipe in on.
I try not to let it bother me when I don't see new posts or threads. I just hope that whatever I post, somebody will pipe in on.
I'm always on my forums, or forums I've joined, looking to post daily, so if I see it's starting to stagnate, I go and find something related that I can start a thread about, generate the content myself and get people chatting. When it's your forum, you've got to be actively involved in content generation or people will just leave because they won't think you care enough to be active on your own forum.
If I'm not being active and posting around myself then I see deadness, I have not posted or even been on since the last two weeks since I been busy with other things lately. Meaning doing other things with other sites and whatnot then myself 🙁
It's always the case anyway for some, if you aren't active the site becomes dead.
It's always the case anyway for some, if you aren't active the site becomes dead.
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Deleted member 49125
I've heard that same comment, people are on all other forums, they don't have time for their own.
Might as well run each other's forums then 😛
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Deleted member 7467
That's kind of what ends up happening. Most forums circulated on FP get the same users, the same personalities, and the same content. Most are staff on multiple forums. Why not consolidate efforts instead of spreading yourself way to thin?
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Deleted member 49125
People like being their own owner. Running it how they want. I've seen too many clashes & friendships break apart. I don't have Staff on mine. I'm around enough & not big enough where I needed extra Staff. I don't have a bunch of bells & whistles like most do. I don't know how to do those things & unless I had proof it would increase activity, I opt to not have them nor get Staff to implement them.
I also made my forum be a different niche. It's holistic & secular. You don't see that out there lol
I also made my forum be a different niche. It's holistic & secular. You don't see that out there lol
I think I have a monopoly here on FP of Christian and Crafting forums 😀
On Christianity Haven I'll start adding new threads once things slow down because I can't rely on my members to do that for me. That's another reason I like posting packages and post exchanges so that I can get new conversations going and fresh blood in the system.
As for Crafter Craze, having no posts for a few days isn't really going to matter since I don't have a lot of members yet. I had hoped that out of the hundred or so friends/relatives that do crafts that a few would help me out, but no. Once again they've disappointed me. So Crafter Craze is purely for my own enjoyment and to fill it up with things I want to create or things I've already created.
On Christianity Haven I'll start adding new threads once things slow down because I can't rely on my members to do that for me. That's another reason I like posting packages and post exchanges so that I can get new conversations going and fresh blood in the system.
As for Crafter Craze, having no posts for a few days isn't really going to matter since I don't have a lot of members yet. I had hoped that out of the hundred or so friends/relatives that do crafts that a few would help me out, but no. Once again they've disappointed me. So Crafter Craze is purely for my own enjoyment and to fill it up with things I want to create or things I've already created.
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Deleted member 7467
I accept this challenge.
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Deleted member 49125
You're right, I don't see those two either. I too like Posting Packages & the Exchanges. It brings in those fresh ideas original members don't think of. And, I didn't think of myself.
I had that same problem. I was on Facebook when I first started thinking about my forum & had many people say, Yeah, I'll join. They never did.
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