Immediately Leave?

There are a few reasons:
  • The Design and Layout, if it is confusing to understand, then I would just leave immediately.
  • Load speed of the forum, if it takes time to load
  • Activity.. If there is no activity (something I am struggling with myself)
  • Content, if the content is not useful for me.
 
No Activity. One I joined & the last activity was a couple of years ago!
No Admin. Admin needs to be on regularly to moderate.
Too 'busy'. Having too many boards & no discussions.
 
Reading what others are saying and I feel so damn poor right now, Most boards/sites are like that nowadays "COME ON". If just three people just jump into one forum, it will be full of activity then.
 
For me, the thing that will make me leave straight away is if the forum requires me to log in or sign up before accessing the forum. I understand the concept behind it, but I don't like committing to signing up (even if it is free) before I even understand what the contents/activity is like in the forum before I join.
 
Sharon said:
For me, the thing that will make me leave straight away is if the forum requires me to log in or sign up before accessing the forum. I understand the concept behind it, but I don't like committing to signing up (even if it is free) before I even understand what the contents/activity is like in the forum before I join.
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Oooh that reminds me. I've been on some health forums where I can't fully read an entire thread until I sign up and log in!! That drives me nuts.
 
Sharon said:
For me, the thing that will make me leave straight away is if the forum requires me to log in or sign up before accessing the forum. I understand the concept behind it, but I don't like committing to signing up (even if it is free) before I even understand what the contents/activity is like in the forum before I join.
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I remember a board on ZetaBoards (might have been called Juiced) where not only was the board entirely unviewable, but the only way to actually join was through some sort of application type deal where others would vouch for you, etc. I don't recall it lasting very long because it was bad enough not knowing what you would be getting even if registration was an instant affair, but having to file applications to even get into the community meant you had to put effort into getting access to something you had no clue you would even like. That's probably the worst instance I've ever seen for requiring access to a forum to see anything but a login screen.
 
Lämmchen said:
Oooh that reminds me. I've been on some health forums where I can't fully read an entire thread until I sign up and log in!! That drives me nuts.
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Oh goodness those get to me too! Sometimes an article has such a good headline and when I start reading an article half of it is dimmed out and you can only access it if you subscribe. New York Times is terrible about this.

Moonface said:
I remember a board on ZetaBoards (might have been called Juiced) where not only was the board entirely unviewable, but the only way to actually join was through some sort of application type deal where others would vouch for you, etc. I don't recall it lasting very long because it was bad enough not knowing what you would be getting even if registration was an instant affair, but having to file applications to even get into the community meant you had to put effort into getting access to something you had no clue you would even like. That's probably the worst instance I've ever seen for requiring access to a forum to see anything but a login screen.
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Oh wow! That's crazy! I remember when gmail used to be an invite only service ...but that's different. I can't imagine it would be very worthwhile in a forum. I don't know what type of content would motivate me enough to go through all of that!
 
ZandraJoi said:
No Activity. One I joined & the last activity was a couple of years ago!
No Admin. Admin needs to be on regularly to moderate.
Too 'busy'. Having too many boards & no discussions.
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This has happened to me once or twice in my years of foruming in general. Joined up with interesting looking sites to find out that some posts are 2 or more years old. I especially leave if administration has rules against bumping old topics.
 
Sharon said:
Oh wow! That's crazy! I remember when gmail used to be an invite only service ...but that's different. I can't imagine it would be very worthwhile in a forum. I don't know what type of content would motivate me enough to go through all of that!
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All I know is it was one of the many forums that made up what was dubbed the "snowglobe" on ZetaBoards. I presume it gained early traction solely through the novelty of the idea and that usually any forum made by a member within that snowglobe would normally have an easy time attracting other snowglobe members onto it. I don't recall it lasting for a really long time though. I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually died out once the novelty of it wore off or when its community mostly ended up being the same members that were part of other communities within that circle.
 
Ashley said:
This has happened to me once or twice in my years of foruming in general. Joined up with interesting looking sites to find out that some posts are 2 or more years old. I especially leave if administration has rules against bumping old topics.
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Sorry to quote myself, but when I say bumping of old topics, I'm not talking topics like about new forum software versions or anything like that. I'm talking about general topics like in the general chat, debate section etc. Basically the general forum areas...everyday discussion
 
Moonface said:
All I know is it was one of the many forums that made up what was dubbed the "snowglobe" on ZetaBoards. I presume it gained early traction solely through the novelty of the idea and that usually any forum made by a member within that snowglobe would normally have an easy time attracting other snowglobe members onto it. I don't recall it lasting for a really long time though. I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually died out once the novelty of it wore off or when its community mostly ended up being the same members that were part of other communities within that circle.
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That's pretty much what happened to that board. Oh and they eventually opened up the board to everyone out of desperation for posts which obviously didn't work and thus closed soon after opening which was typically for boards in the good ole snow globe.
 
Lämmchen said:
What makes you immediately leave a forum you've clicked on?
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If I can see there is excessive advertising to the point that it’s affecting my ability to browse the website. Another reason might be because of a theme that is to basic and not easy going on the eyes. Webmasters should always trying from the visitors point of views.
 
Poor Design/layout
Hard to read text
too flashy/too many 'quirky' things like falling snow effects during the holidays, etc.
No activity
No active staff member
spam going un-addressed across the board.
 
If a forum I am visiting allows me to access it only through registration, I will immediately leave the forum.
 
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