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    Index Now

    Batch submissions (jobs) still wouldn't account for quality though, if that is an underlying metric used for IndexNow.
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    Index Now

    There's no way that's the limit as I've hit the error after submitting 2-6 posts per day on a small forum (in admin error log). I mean, that may be the limit of posts acceptable, but they have to be viewing the post content too to determine if it's "spam". Updating a resource, for instance...
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    Forum Feedback AAF is really slow to respond

    It's taking 2-3 seconds to display forums and posting a new reply can take up to 5 seconds with the loading bar.
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    Index Now

    It's probably still something that XF would need to edit from time to time. Even if they made it a job to IndexNow 5 posts every hour, you could still go over the daily quota (that could be subject to change at any time). It'd be a constant battle of trying to figure out the rate limit and...
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    Would you use nulled software, addons, or themes?

    Or if they do hide something, it shouldn't be as malicious as exec() or system() as those functions are typically blocked on most pre-configured installs. But, if they're not, whelp, you learned a good and hard lesson. It would be relatively easy to extend search or something else and add...
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    Google Analytics alternative

    Does it provide you with real-time data? It's kind of cool to see the map lit up with users around the world on the site in real-time with Google Analytics.
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    Biggest Forum Competition

    I have an open offer of mid-5 figures for one forum, but the more I look into it, it seems to balance more on the weight of off-topic discussions, which is not where the revenue would be at. I'd have to know revenue stats to offer something more reasonable, say monthly revenue * 36 as an...
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    Index Now

    I'm starting to see that IndexNow on a forum with more active traffic is probably doing more harm than good. I frequently get these warnings: At a certain point, you're sending too many requests as each thing gets replied to, blocking the feature from working as intended. I'm still uncertain...
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    What did you do to promote your forum today?

    I got a Quara backlink today and a couple of days ago I got a backlink on a XenForo Resource on XenForo's community as I commissioned the build of an add on.
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    Better Off Topic Sections

    This is kind of absurd. Why have 100+ topics (forums) with 1 or 2 posts in each when you could have 5 forums with 20+ messages in each? One looks very unorganized, even though it's made in an attempt to organize. My philosophy is to build out, not build up and then fill in content.
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    Post or be deleted!

    In a circumstance like this, I would just add the inactive users to a new user group so that you can exclude them from receiving newsletters/mass communications as they could have bad email addresses that would contribute to your bounce rate when they're emailed one of them.
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    Would you use nulled software, addons, or themes?

    Yes, but only in very rare circumstances with license confusion as I have multiple copies of the same add on licensed to different forums that get mixed up. I have forums broken into their respective directories as a base to rebuild (to include backups) from the ground up if restoration fails...
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    Better Off Topic Sections

    I would most definitely look into new prefixes before contemplating an off-topic sub-forum. It's one thing to have 100 threads with 5 different sub-topics (using prefixes) than 100 threads split across 5 sub-forums. You could probably reevaluate this when you have 1000 threads and 5 sub-topics...
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    Spamming your forum

    Going to have to define what "spam" is for an answer from me. I pay for quality backlinks, which is a grey area, but it does give me a boost in ratings after a while.
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    Post or be deleted!

    This happens on some of the few relatively large Facebook groups I'm in too, so it's not just limited to forums. I tend to ignore them because it just seems odd. Why ban lurkers for not wanting to participate? Just let them get the info they want; they're not doing anything (at all) to warrant...
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    Forums that logout your account frequently?

    Oh yeah, back in the '90s/2000s, this was the greatest way a teen could get into "trolling" (before that was a thing), by logging into previously used accounts. I'm sure there's an update soon that'll use the webcam and AI to determine if a human is there and to lock down if a new human appears...
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    Forums that logout your account frequently?

    XenForo has a cookie prefix setting ($config['cookie']['prefix'] = 'xf_';) for a reason. If you're a new admin, you might've set up a dev installation using the default (xf_) and there be a conflict to have to change either/or at one time, knocking everyone offline. This is why I prefer...
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    Do you "look into" your staff members?

    At scale, I don't see how a forum can operate any differently. That is unless they aren't looking at the future or think there's anything of value to be lost, or they never even considered what a rogue staff member could do/pull a forum owner into and are just naturally trusting individuals.
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    Do you "look into" your staff members?

    I think I read somewhere that your (physical) community is so small that they require volunteer firefighters (my hometown was the same with 2 or 3 on payroll, but the rest of the firehouse were volunteers). I'm pretty sure that even volunteers are checked on or vetted by someone as they're put...
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    Do you "look into" your staff members?

    Does it really make a difference? In the U.S., if you run a professional business, you risk going bankrupt if you are forced to pay compensatory or punitive damages. If you run an unincorporated hobbyist forum, you could still be responsible for the same types of damages in a civil lawsuit. That...
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