A Popular Forum?

[Shawn Gossman]

What has to happen for you to think your forum is popular?

Is it a certain metric or daily activity?

How do you PERSONALLY define a popular forum?

 

[Heatman]

A forum is nothing without a steady and consistent activities. It doesn't matter if it's just 10 persons actively posting because it's better to have 10 active users than 1k inactive users who post once in a bluemoon.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

A forum is nothing without a steady and consistent activities. It doesn't matter if it's just 10 persons actively posting because it's better to have 10 active users than 1k inactive users who post once in a bluemoon.

I totally agree.

I'd rather have a couple of highly active member than thousands of inactive ones.

Metrics isn't more important than the community developed within the forum.

 

[Heatman]

I totally agree.

I'd rather have a couple of highly active member than thousands of inactive ones.

Metrics isn't more important than the community developed within the forum.

It's the human management that comes with running a forum that makes it fun. Users will have to contribute and associate with one another in order for you to manage them. This is the core basis of running a community.

 

[AllyHellkiller]

For me it would be having the most knowledge in one spot that users can navigate to find what they need. I use forums to look things up more than Google or Chatgbt. When people actually share knowledge the knowledge is better than what an algorithm or AI feeds you. For me, it would be the number of registrants.Some people might not come back for a while but they come back knowing the answers are there to find.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

For me it would be having the most knowledge in one spot that users can navigate to find what they need. I use forums to look things up more than Google or Chatgbt. When people actually share knowledge the knowledge is better than what an algorithm or AI feeds you. For me, it would be the number of registrants.Some people might not come back for a while but they come back knowing the answers are there to find.

I love that viewpoint.

I think a forum would definitely be popular if the majority of members are using it to find information versus using Google or AI.

At the end of the day, people experiences can tell you a whole lot more about what you need to know.

 

[Heatman]

I love that viewpoint.

I think a forum would definitely be popular if the majority of members are using it to find information versus using Google or AI.

At the end of the day, people experiences can tell you a whole lot more about what you need to know.

When it comes to the information you're getting from forum users, it feels so much different because how closer you feel with those giving their personal knowledge on what you're asking about. It's not like a random thing you find online without talking with the person who put it out there.