How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick days

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In this article I didn't intend humor to play an immense role in it. I did throw in some jokes here and there, although I aimed to get the point across on why your userbase is leaving your forum.

Many people struggle to maintain a userbase even though they're doing everything in their will to keep those 7 members there. Whereas, others are a natural at completely getting rid of their members that chose to stay on the forum. In this article I'll cover 5 points on how to completely alienate and lose your userbase in seven quick days.
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Read the rest of the article here.
http://crueltruth.com/?p=56
 
Re: How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick da

When you say that forum owners should "update" their forum, what kind of updates are you referring to?
 
Re: How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick da

Some good stuff here! Actually though, some people have great success starting out on a free forum, then if it takes off well, moving it to a better host later. It's a good way to start off if you're not sure it will work out or you will want to do it long term.
 
Re: How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick da

Another great article,

Thanks,

Brett.
 
Re: How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick da

Really nice article! And yeah, I agree that 000Webhost is definitely not the way to go. I've tried them and everything was just downright slow. It was pathetic and by the time I got my activation email, I was ready to leave and not look back, almost litterally. But I also disagree to an extent, because I have been on some successful forums hosted on free hosting sites, and while I agree that they aren't always the best option in the long run, they ARE good for if you want to get some first hand experience on what running a forum is actually like. There are people out there who don't mind the limitations that comes with a free host and are actually used to that.
 
Re: How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick da

Fergal said:
When you say that forum owners should "update" their forum, what kind of updates are you referring to?
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Updates as in new features, announcements, etc.

Thanks to everyone also for the great feedback, I've just started a new blog here:
http://www.Crueltruth.com
 
Re: How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick da

Neither of those links appear to be working right now?
 
Re: How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick da

JPM said:
Neither of those links appear to be working right now?
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Server was down for 3 minutes just for maintenace. 🙂
 
Re: How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick da

Still not opening for me.
 
Re: How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick da

You certainly go straight to the point and are very harsh but you get the information across.
 
Re: How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick da

Looking into the server issue, could you please provide me with a traceroute?
 
Re: How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick da

The Elite said:
Looking into the server issue, could you please provide me with a traceroute?
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It's opening fine for me now and the theme does look fantastic.
 
Re: How to alienate and lose your userbase in SEVEN quick da

That is a very nice article actually. 🙂 Thanks for sharing it.
 
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