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  1. nomad

    Govt and small businesses

    Our government has really good policies for small businesses, and a lot of people abuse these policies.
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    did you grow up with both parents?

    I mostly grew up with father, mother used to live in the farm and father had a job in the city.
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    How often do you go out to eat?

    Hmm, let me think about when I went to dine out last time. Well, it was for Christmas dinner.
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    Chat with God

    I have not used the tool mentioned by the OP, however, I have used ChatGPT to generate silly communication like the ones shared above.
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    Using Proboards in 2022?

    I have used a lot of free-hosted forums ( as a user) and based on my experience proboards is really good. It has a clean interface and offers a global account to be used with other forums on proboards.
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    Favorite Forum Software

    Wordpress forums are not as powerful as other forums but they are easier to mange. If you plan to add a blog on your forum, wordpress can be the best option. Xenforo is good but I would choose free forum instead.
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    Step down from staff?

    Well, I was offered the job as a paid position. Therefore, I had to step down when the paid position was terminated. Well, I also post on a lot of forums without any incentives but I do that because I like being there.
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    Dips in activity

    Unless you offer something special it is difficult to make your users stay on your site. remember how TikTok managed to grow big even though there were already a lot of platforms.
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    Forumotion

    I totally agree. Proboards allow you to have one global account. If you use a lot of forums, you will be saved from creating accounts on multiple sites.
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    Using Proboards in 2022?

    I have no desire to use proboards, I don't find free hosted forums to be very useful, at least for me. I like self-hosted forums, instead.
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    Social Media VS Forums

    I like discussing on forums and I like using social sites for promotion. I can tell anything on a forum because I don't reveal my identity, however, on social site, I need to be very careful.
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    Forumotion

    I have used forumotion as a user but never used this free hosted forum to create a forum. I like creating my own self hosted forum and use open source software
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    How to get members?

    Some of my early members are paid posters. I hire a couple of members to start creating topics. Once there are a lot of topics, I start promoting forums to build a member base.
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    Pay to be a member forums

    I have never been a member of any forum where I have to pay just to become a member. Most of the forums I use have an option to upgrade to VIP member but I have never used real money to upgrade my membership.
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    How many subforums are too many?

    I think this will be determined by your niche. If you have a broad niche, you will be needing too many sub forums, however, if your niche is narrowed down, a few sub forums will do.
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    Introduction Board vs. Introduction Thread

    On forums, I encourage users to use the introduction thread but they keep on creating topics. I think the introduction thread is better but I don't know why the users like creating a separate topic for introducing themselves.
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    Favorite Forum Software

    Creating a forum on wordpress and managing your wordpress powered forum is easy but when you compare the forum with a proper forum script, your wordpress forums will look pretty basic.
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    Niche Forums Vs. General Discussion Forum

    General discussions are fine because everyone can use them and have a say. However, if you want to build organic traffic and build revenue, niche forums can be better.
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    Forum Monetization

    Ads don't have to be intrusive. You can use 2-3 ad units per page and the users will not even notice your site has ads. However, you need to stay away from using popup/popunder as well as low quality ads.
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    Auto merging double posts

    Merging or not merging, it does not matter much. However, on my forums, posts do not automatically merge. However, I encourage people to reply only when they have something new to add.
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