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  1. nomad

    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.
  11. nomad

    Running a Forum as a Business

    I earn from adsense from my blogs, my blogs generate organic traffic as well as social traffic. If I can build traffic on forums, I might be able to do that but since forums are user-generated, it is difficult to maintain content quality and SEO.
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    Dips in activity

    Unless you are paying for the posters, it is very natural to see dips in the activities. When that happens, I buy posting packages on various web master forums.
  13. nomad

    Ever been hacked - Forum

    This has not happened to me, maybe because my forums are too small (so, they do not attract hackers)
  14. nomad

    No guest viewing permissions?

    My forums are open for guests, you need to be a registered member only to post. I don't like forums that are shut down to guests.
  15. nomad

    Have you ever advertised and left?

    I am not the kind of person who advertises and just leave. I always keep a track of my ad and try to see if the advertising has been beneficial.
  16. nomad

    Bad Moderators

    I once left the forum because I had a fight with the moderator. The owner requested me to join again with a new name and this time also the moderator started saying nasty things and I had to leave the forum.
  17. nomad

    Step down from staff?

    I once stepped down from the staff position because the owner said he no longer can pay me. I cannot imagine working for free, I need incentives, even a small ones.
  18. nomad

    New Owners

    I have been on a lot of forums and I have seen the change of ownership on these forums. I had to leave some of these forums because I did not agree with the policy change.
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    Forum Games

    I see the same games on multiple forums and I don't see how having such games will help my forum. Therefore, I don't have any forum games.
  20. nomad

    Use your real name?

    I don't use my real name even on my own forum. Until recently, I used to use my first name, however, I had to stop doing this because some nasty messages concerning me were posted on public forums and social sites.
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