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  1. Shawn Gossman

    Is your forum a hobby or a business?

    Side income can help pay your bills, offer more unique features, run contests, or even give you some extra spending money. There is no harm in trying to make extra money, especially these days. Nothing wrong with that.
  2. Shawn Gossman

    Ashley Here

    Welcome. Is this a common name you have on forums? If so, I've definitely seen it around.
  3. Shawn Gossman

    Allowing some profanity?

    Do you allow some profanity on your forum? What profanity is allowed? What profanity is not allowed?
  4. Shawn Gossman

    Getting Sued

    Have you ever been threatened by another person of getting sued over your forum or blog? If yes, what did you do that they felt made you liable of their lawsuit threats? Here's another: Have any of you actually been sued or attempted to get sued or sued someone yourself due to your forum or...
  5. Shawn Gossman

    Female Staff Members

    Do females make better staff members on a forum? Not to be offensive by this question but many females have a maternal instinct. With that being said, in a position of power over a community, they can identify how to nurturer members but also give discipline when needed. I know gender is a hot...
  6. Shawn Gossman

    Profanity in usernames

    How do you feel about profanity being used in usernames? For example, if someone joined your forum with curse words as part of their name such as "Post ****" or something like that. The name isn't exactly meant to be profane but could be seen profane by others. They could use one that is...
  7. Shawn Gossman

    Account Deletion Demand

    How do respond to forum members who request you delete their account? I've seen an instance where a staff member (on a forum that didn't belong to me) quit the team and demanded the forum owner delete their account. They cited various European data protection acts and laws and said not deleting...
  8. Shawn Gossman

    People not joining forums

    Is it sad that I immediately just tried to tick the square? LOL
  9. Shawn Gossman

    No Links Allowed on Big Boards

    I think some links/banners can be obnoxious and I feel the forum is pretty right in prohibiting those but a simple signature link? I don't see anything wrong with it. But a forum owner does have the right to decide.
  10. Shawn Gossman

    Exchange Wanted with General Forum

    I have 50 now. How about we just try to match. I don't want to try to do 50 a week as some days, I won't be available. Just post whatever you want past 50 and then I'll match that when I come back on after the weekend. Fri-Sun I'll be without internet connection for a family trip in the forest.
  11. Shawn Gossman

    Ban = Enemy for Life

    I agree with that. True friends don't back stab.
  12. Shawn Gossman

    Comment Exchanges

    I think a lot of bloggers are closing comments because of spam. If your niche doesn't need commentor links, you can take that field out using a plugin. I've done it on my hiking blog and it has reduced spam by more than 80% alone. Also disabled pings and trackbacks on WordPress, those are...
  13. Shawn Gossman

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

    Well, if it's the original owner of it, he's banned from here to for threatening me via-PM.
  14. Shawn Gossman

    People not joining forums

    Social logins might be a good thing to enable on forums. It makes it easier for folks to join and it's common on big social platforms and apps. But yeah, everyone asks for an email.
  15. Shawn Gossman

    How are you building forum backlinks?

    I've done that but it definitely helps to like you said, stick around and offer real input so you don't get seen as a spammer later on. Welcome to AAF btw!
  16. Shawn Gossman

    People not joining forums

    I totally agree! I think the forum registration system is what prevents many people from joining. It's old and terrible. It needs to be simplified.
  17. Shawn Gossman

    Member Activity Incentives

    It's good to participate in those contests as long as the forum owner has a clear goal and meets it. I think a lot of those contests aren't planned well, and while they benefit the winner, they don't often benefit the forum.
  18. Shawn Gossman

    Comment Exchanges

    I see many bloggers close comments completely, as if they forget that engagement still matters. I think closing the comments is a bad mistake. Comment exchanges could help with that.
  19. Shawn Gossman

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

    Aggressive competition is a red flag for me, indicating that I should avoid a forum.
  20. Shawn Gossman

    Banned and now staff

    I've heard of this happening. People have fallouts, and then it gets repaired later on down the road, and they become better friends.
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