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The old guard
These are users who insist that forums are just fine, when the rest of the world has moved on to Reddit, Discord, YouTube and yet they still insist that forum technology is fully appropriate for the modern world.
When I bought Bizdustry, Alex and I were very clear about what we could and couldn't do.
We had a couple of back and forth, and it was a very reasonable conversation, and it helped that we both explained what we cared about and why so we wouldn't step on each other's toes. He really wanted...
What do you have for sale?? JK
I wouldn't really call my strategy as buying out the forum competition; it was more of buying in and rapidly establishing a presence in a way that organic would have taken forever. When I did my strategic overview of forum administration, the reality is that...
No, we shouldn't!
Every public page in our community is potentially a front-door. In my main community, my homepage is maybe the fourth or fifth most popular page.
The homepage is actually more for people searching directly for the brand or returning users. It's not for true guests, which...
You should go Google your answer 😆
On a serious note, Im very mixed. I've seen many instances when the same question has been asked over and over again, and the answer has been stated and confirmed. In this case, searching for the answer is a correct and valuable pathway to self-answer your...
I've yet to see a forum be truly self moderating. Would love to see a real example
At the end of the day, the forum is hosted and paid by someone. And that someone is the one who gets to make and enforce the rules.
This is entirely contextual to the timeliness of the thread.
If it's an evergreen topic, keep the conversation going. It's okay if they post a year later! One of my most favorite things is going through the decade of conversation on Admin Junkies and seeing how timeless some of the...
This is one of those situations where you should exercise a little more control and thought before hitting the back button.
From a design perspective, no forum software should actually make the ban button super easy. It should be a part of a menu, there could be a confirmation, etc. but...
In 50 years, online groups will continue to exist. This could be augmented reality, digital worlds, meta worlds, etc.
But forums, as a specific type of technology (discussion platform), are going to be replaced by better and more graphical modes.
I am the kind of forum admins that makes a contextual decision.
Did that user sexually solicit any underage users on my forum?
Did that user act in any untoward manner toward other users?
Did that user break any of the actual terms of use of my site?
Did that user actually have any hint of...
I'm actually very surprised at some of your past moderator actions. You took action on a forum member for something that happened outside of the forum, which is a very expansive perspective of admin powers.
It's why I think it's super important for any established community to have a kind of duplicate member check. Usually these are add-ons and not core to the software, but they're critical in preventing members from making and remaking new registrations.
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