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Watching movies, listening to music, forums.

Not really doing a lot. Going to a community lunch and then a small family dinner on Christmas Day.

Go with a passion. Choose a niche or topic that you absolutely love to talk about in real life. It needs to be a topic that you can see yourself enjoying even for many years to come. One of my forums is a hiking and backpacking forum. I've been a hiker and a backpacker for around 13 years now. I go every weekend. I love every bit of it. It's even allowed me to form a local brand. So, that was a good choice for a forum because I'll always enjoy talking about it. If you choose a topic you know little about just because it's a trend, it's going to be hard to compete with a forum run by someone passionate about a topic you're not that passionate about. 🙂

The solution might be to warn the members and ask them to contribute. But the solution will likely be a ban because I doubt they will change, theoretically speaking, LOL. 😛

Here is a scenario. A visitor signs up for your site. His first post is an introduction. In the introduction he drops a link to his community. The next post are his sites stats which he comes back to everyday to add too. Each time with a link in the stats. Doesn't add any real content or engage with other users threads. What would do? Warn? Ban? Thoughts.

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I think it’s a good idea to edit the content and add a human feel to the ai content though.

AI is great for writing privacy policies because you can get so specific, and it will create the terms for you. I use Grammarly for editing, which uses AI. I'm an ambassador with them, so I often get access to updates before anyone else, so I help beta test and play with it. But in all honesty, I love writing so I try to do that myself for the most part.

I search for the topics related to my forum niche on other similar forums or even search engines. If I don't find many, I try to create threads related to these topics

Post exchanges and posting packages can help new communities gain traction, especially given the competition from giants like Reddit, Quora, and Facebook. While some may argue that these practices undermine organic interaction, they don’t necessarily change the atmosphere of a community if used thoughtfully. Years ago, forums didn’t need such strategies because they were naturally bustling with activity. However, in today’s landscape, where social media dominates, new communities need every tool available to establish themselves. These methods are effective as long as they’re used to build momentum and attract genuine daily users. Ultimately, a community thrives when it fosters a sense of belonging—a space where people can connect, share ideas, and hang out. It stops being a true community when it loses sight of this foundation.

A community means a group of people who share their ideas because they care about these ideas. A community does not become a community when there are no organic activities. Interaction in communities needs to be voluntarily, when you have to pay someone to post or buy posting package, or even engage in post exchange, your community is not a community/

I also use Google alerts to come up with new content ideas. Quora and Reddit is a gold mine as there’s a lot of ways that you can spin their content & come up with your own content.

I try to post new content every day. However, if I miss a day or two, I’ll go on a posting spree to make up for the missed time.

Not now. I prefer to let someone else do the hard work while I get the benefits. LOL. I am thinking about starting a forum. Not sure what topic. If I ever do pick a topic I'll start one.