Keeping a forum

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Previously I blog about how to start a forum. Today I would like to continue the part 2 of the entry, how to keep to forum. As I mentioned, I personally didn’t want to start a forum anymore. It’s all because I see quite a lot of failure and my first problem was the socializing skill. But some of my friends who started forum and has a great socializing skill also failed all because

1, Right attitude!
Very important, a lot of forum admin came to me and I leave them in the end of the day. Because all they want is me to register on their forum. Then whatever feedback they get, they put it in the trash because they think they’re the admin, who are you to tell them what to do. Members giving feedback because they think they can be one of the significant member in the forum, serve them right. Explain why not and why it’s good - Learn to explain, not just thanking.

2, Keep bringing the thread.
Since you created this forum, you should have the idea what thread to be created. Do it one by one (Will explain on next point). Don’t try too hard to create a thread and ended up nobody both to reply. Be clear of the forum vision, what you want your forum to be. If it’s about relationship, pretend you are a master in it. Well, if you have the right attitude, you’ll know if it is the right thread.

3, Don’t rush, slow and steady.
After discuss with me, my friend went on and created a forum (Wrong attitude), and he used all the plugin available for the forum script, ended up he came back to me and say “Those members not even bother to feedback.”. Well my friend, you have all the plugin and nice theme etc, why bother to feedback? This is the trick, create a plain forum with nothing much there (You can install the plugin but don’t activate it yet), improve (Activate) from time to time. By this you can email all your members to remind them about your new forum. Same goes to thread creating, don’t create a bunch of thread and sit there dreaming about reply, slow and steady.

It’s not easy to maintain a forum of course. You’ll need to implement all these 3 aspect (All I know, there’s maybe more). However, if you really love to see your forum grow, I think this is no biggie right?

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A fresh graduate from a private design university in Malaysia. Still taking the time looking for a permanent job. Currently working on his web projects and contract with a small company.
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