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  1. Shawn
    When it comes to operating or launching a forum, what confuses you the most about it? What is stopping you from embracing full-throttle success? Let's help each other work through these things.
  2. Shawn
    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. 🙂
  3. Shawn
    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. 😛
  4. Shawn
    Christmas Eve with the in-laws. Christmas Morning with wife, kids, and close family. Christmas Evening at my parents house. Christmas Night, exhausted and passed out. 😛 LOL
  5. Shawn
    My biggest task is content creation. I think it's important to create a really good discussion at least once a day. If you can do that, you can retain your membership.
  6. Shawn
    On your niche... Try to go with something that you're passionate about. If you can narrow it down to something that you have a lot of expertise in, that is going to even be better. Basically, make sure it's a topic that you don't mind posting about for years to come.
  7. Shawn
    Looking pretty good! I feel like this version is easier to use than the other one.
  8. Shawn
    I think the hardest task is getting those first couple of real organic members. Until then, you're talking to yourself or, rather, posting to no one. Once you get a couple of people who actively participate, you get to start being social with like-minded folks, and it gets way easier, in my opinion. 🙂
  9. Shawn
    I usually log in, reply to a few replies, create a few new topics, reply some more, and then create more topics. If there are any moderation tasks needed, I'll tend to them first.
  10. Shawn
    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.
  11. Shawn
    Welcome!
  12. Shawn
    I try to think of a new topic every time I reply to a post on my forum. I've basically developed a habitual system for it. I come up with a topic in relation to a reply that someone has made. I just try to make sure it's not too close to the previous topic.
  13. Shawn
    This is me, really. I'll post daily when I can but sometimes, I get busy on other things. Then I'll come in and post a bunch.
  14. Shawn
    A community is not a community when the admin is inactive. I see this so much. The owner just creates the forum and just wants to moderate and that's it. It takes the owner to start the community-side of the forum. A community and a forum are two different things. A forum is a platform. A community is culture of loyalty much like a friendship or family.
  15. Shawn
    Is Ruby older than Python?
  16. Shawn
    What do you like about it so far?
  17. Shawn
    I agree with this being an important step or rather two important steps. If you don't have the budget, get a free forum. Use one that can be easily merged later down the road if you decide you can purchase a forum software.
  18. Shawn
    I used to actually use demos in the past, back in the 90s and early 2000s. Nowadays, I never do. I just join or even pay for a service without knowing how it works. LOL. But I think new folks should try before they buy. We're more experienced and we have an idea of what we're going to get.
  19. Shawn
    The hardest part for me is always the wait of getting that first real member. It's doable but it's hard to wait without getting somewhat anxious.
  20. Shawn
    I use it for my blogs. I earn a few hundred dollars a month with it. It's a good secondary source of income in blogging. When I post more controversial posts, I tend to make more money.
  21. Shawn
    I've always wanted to build my own forum software. I've considered doing it as a way to teach myself a programming language. If you could build a forum software, what would you use?
  22. Shawn
    I've used it for rewriting notices and welcome messages. It can help integrate copywrite into the messaging.
  23. Shawn
    How about Python? For a while, I thought Python was the next big thing!
  24. Shawn
    Thinking back - what was the hardest part about starting your forum? How did you overcome it?
  25. Shawn
    Do any of you use AI to generate forum content? If not, why not? If yes, how do you justify doing it?
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