Owning too many forums - Good or bad?

[Ascent]

What is your opinion on owning more than one forum? And by "owning" I mean you are the creator, the main one in charge, etc.

 

[Jaztheman]

I think it is fine, as long as you can be comitted and spend enough time doing the necessities to keep the forum going. The problems only really arise if you fail to spend attention to a certain forum(s) which could lead to it dwindling into a pile of... rubbish, to put it nicely.

 

[wednesday]

I only own one...but i dont think its a bad thing, as long as you can dedicate the same amount of time n effort into both.

 

[Nebulous]

I own two and I can barely keep up with both, good thing I have my trusty sidekicks to help me out though. -8)-
I couldnt imagine owning more than that. Unless they are all inactive of course.

 

[Watch Me Sink]

I'm up the three now, and I think that will be my limit. I am in complete control of two, the other I just administer and run (I don't own hosting/domain for it).

 

[Honey_Angel]

If you own more than two then you better have co-admins and proper staff. It can be hectic I should know. I owned a forum and I had wonderful staff that helped me out a lot.

 

[ℓєσ gнσѕт]

In my eyes, it all depends on your personal commitments, and how much 'help' you have. For example, with Ghost Webz Network we hope to run several active forum based community's and several webpages. There's a few of us in charge though, a chain of command per say. Much like the normal chain on a forum, only extended a bit. The admins of the forum are a direct reflection of the owners of GWN, and the other GWN members are free to roam the forums as normal members, only with full admin access, and a rank allowing the other members to know (though no group color).

Since the true admins would be busy managing the database, keeping up with the scripts, banning new proxys, ect, this 'skeleton' crew would basically run the forums on a community level. There would be elected moderators to do the general running of course, but for the bigger issues this crew would do without having to track down an admin for every issue. I've developed this system after being inspired by the messages boards on GameFAQS.com where you never see any staff posting. I didn't want that, but fewer admin presence seems to provoke more posting.

That's my take anyway, do with it what you will.

 

[hcfwesker]

I seriously couldn't imagine putting more time into a second forum. I'm happoy with the one i got, and it's pretty much got all my attention.

 

[Olly]

I personally wouldn't like owning more than one. I like to be able to put all my effort and time into one 🙂

 

[Expired Account]

It is okay as long as you have the time to be on the forums and you have time to promote them both.

 

[Oliver]

I have one forum and that's all i'm having.

 

[Raiser]

Owning 2 is good enough for me.

 

[stargirl8605]

I have no interest in owning 2 forums. One forum is good enough for me. -D-

 

[RidersDX]

I can't imagine doing more then one forum. One forum is alot of work. Doing two would just be ridiculous amount of work in my opinion.

 

[Gimgak]

I have a few forums, not all of them are active though, some though for example are small support forums I have for online services, so of course not that active

 

[Ascent]

Here's a tip of mine: Don't try and build up a bunch of new forums together.

That's what I've been doing for a while, and really, it's a pain! 😀

 

[ryan08]

bad because you wont be able to get to them all as much as you would if you only had 2 or somthink