Had a very vocal core group of 300 users that posted quality thought provoking topics. They seeded the forum and it took off from there. In the end there were only like 7500 members total. 600 or more were always online at one time. Post a topic and in minutes it had 20 replies.
That's how my Skywarn Forum used to be, before I lost it all.
You mean allowing those they merged with to leave if they don't want to be part of it anymore? If that's the case, unfortunately that's not on the table because the owner actually bought them out. They have been fully absorbed by Admin-junkies.com 100%.
They’ve merged about 3 different forums onto theirs, possibly move. The structure of the entire community has changed since then. It’s more than the just an admin/webmaster forum now, which is an okay thing for diverse discussions. However, I think a brand change would be necessary as there’s a lot more content than admin/webmaster over anything else. The financial content overrides the main board’s niche.
You're very observant to pick that out. I know for sure that it's the Bizdustry and Index merger that boosted the financial contents more than the main niche. I was a staff on both board to know where their thrived more in contents.
That's happening to a lot of admin sites though. I'm getting where I am less and less inclined to visit them since I'm not in it for the money and have more interest in reading more technical aspects of the hobby.
Your input is definitely going to be missed on AJ. I hope you're going to come back soon as your input is worth in which ever section you decide to give something.