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  1. Shawn Gossman

    XenFore If you could start over, would you still choose XenForo?

    Of course, most don't when your forum grows significantly, anyway. Eventually you'll have to upgrade. I always tell new bloggers, use shared for a little while as long as you have an option to easily upgrade without problems because eventually if you want your blog (or forum) to grow larger...
  2. Shawn Gossman

    Forum marketing in the age of short attention spans

    I've seen forums that are like that. Unless the post contributes, they usually warn you or even delete it. I think reaction features, like the like button, have replaced short replies. Personally, I don't think that's a good thing. I'd rather see someone say "I like this" or "Thank you" than...
  3. Shawn Gossman

    Count Backwards from 1,000

    985
  4. Shawn Gossman

    Banning domain names and email domains

    Yeah. I'm seeing an influx of Gmail email domain spam accounts as well.
  5. Shawn Gossman

    What’s the #1 thing you wish you knew before launching your forum?

    You know, I knew of a forum owner that successfully grew a very large forum using ProBoards. His members would pay to remove ads. I believe that was how that feature was setup. But you'll definitely have to spend money in some form or fashion. I think you could use free software but you'll...
  6. Shawn Gossman

    Are traditional forums dead in the age of Social and Reddit?

    I think Reddit and social media is entirely different than forums, anyhow. Social is where fast viral stuff happens. Reddit is where a lot of trolling happens. Forums are niche communities full of easier to find evergreen content.
  7. Shawn Gossman

    Require Real Names Instead of Usernames

    Yeah, the internet is supposed to be anonymous. Even though it really isn't for the average person. But we should be able to hide who we are on websites we join but at the same time, I think websites should be able to require real names, even if I don't agree. I can agree simply not to join.
  8. Shawn Gossman

    Which one rule would you change if you're a mod for a day in a forum?

    I think forums should implement rules that are simply just common sense. I don't like rules that say you'll be penalized if you post too much or don't use the search feature. I think that sort of moderation is the best way to make a forum fail. That would be what I change if those rules were...
  9. Shawn Gossman

    How do you make a community feel like home to your audience?

    You're definitely right. You have to make to turn your forum into a tribe or a family if you want to create loyalty. You have to befriend and get to know your members. You have to care about your members and your members care about you. I think many forum owners get stuck on just wanting to be...
  10. Shawn Gossman

    Is gaming the hardest forum niche out there?

    I think you're right. Gaming is a very saturated niche. However, it all depends on the admin and staff motivating members to be active. Gaming is popular enough for a forum about it to become popular, but it's going to take an active forum owners and staff members to get it there. Most gaming...
  11. Shawn Gossman

    Exchange Wanted with General Forum

    Once I get grounded a little from some issues I've had, I'll get back to exchanges so for now, I'm declining it, but I'll let you know when I'm back in. Unfortunately, I have a lot of legal things to deal with from the passing of my dad, who would have been 66 today :(
  12. Shawn Gossman

    Is your forum a dictatorship?

    I think forums are dictatorships for the most part. However, I just don't think they're evil dictatorships that we're used to hearing about. Agreeing with pretty much what @Tracy replied here.
  13. Shawn Gossman

    Stolen Blog Content

    I've had mine stolen. I sent a DMCA to the hosting service and they suspended the website. Crazy enough, it was a Russian webhost, too. Usually, they ignore DMCAs by Americans. But they did what was right.
  14. Shawn Gossman

    Hi

    Welcome to AAF! Very glad to have you here :)
  15. Shawn Gossman

    Failing at Blogging

    You have to quite procrastinating and just publish it :D I used to be like that, as well. If you forget stuff, that means you can write a followup blog later on or even update old content to keep it fresh and evergreen.
  16. Shawn Gossman

    Hey Everyone

    Sorry I missed your post. Been a rough couple of days. Welcome to AAF. Glad to have your here :) Hope to see you around more!
  17. Shawn Gossman

    WordPress What’s your WordPress blog stack in 2025?

    1. Dreamhost for domain 2. Dreamhost for VPS hosting 3. WordPress.org 4. DIVI by Elegant Themes 5. Ads.txt, akismet, bloom, classic editor, yoast SEO, yoast SEO premium (I hate that I have to have both Yoast plugins) 6. Just the customization of the DIVI theme that I have made
  18. Shawn Gossman

    Worst User Experience

    Out of all the forum software available, what software has given you the worst user experience? Whay was the experience so bad? What could the forum software do to change or improve the user experience?
  19. Shawn Gossman

    Forum Theme Change

    How often should you change your forum theme? Do you think a forum theme should be changed often? Do you think a forum theme shouldn't be changed at all?
  20. Shawn Gossman

    WordPress Theme customizations

    How have you customized your WordPress theme? What have you done to make it different or unique than other people? If you haven't done anything at all, are you worried the theme may bore people?
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