What Makes You Stay in a Community Long-Term?

[Maya]

What is the longest period you have been a member in any community? Whay have you been active in that community for so long? Is it people, content, or how you feel when you participate?

 

[The Cat Lady]

Normally it's because I like the community and I enjoy discussing the topics with the people there.

 

[Allenafaith]

Liking the community, having good conversations, being able to make friends and it being an active place is a couple of things that keep my active long term.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

What is the longest period you have been a member in any community? Whay have you been active in that community for so long? Is it people, content, or how you feel when you participate?

If I love the community enough to have a large post count, then I am dedicated to the community.

I'll stay as long as I'm engaged and not the only one posting new content.

 

[Page]

I think that if you are a long-term member with a community that's been around for a long time, and you put so much work and effort into the community and as a member or staff, you do not want to lose that, and also feel that you want to continue, while not losing your life over it

 

[John]

You need to have interesting people who can have conversations independently of your 2/3 staff members. If you can find 5-10 of those people, forums are pretty easy.

 

[Baw$e]

The people, common interests, and whether or not the forum is active enough to appeal to me.

 

[malon66]

that I get along well with the community members, that the community is active, that the community continues to be of interest to me, etc.

 

[Blazing]

When the community is active with good number of members..when the content are valuable and the Interactions is top notch. You get to associate with people of like minds.

 

[Nomad]

Value it provides. I stay on the forum for long term if it benefits me either for learning and sharing, advertising benefits, etc.