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What Makes A Good Forum A Great Forum?

Discussion in 'Forums' started by espmartin, Dec 17, 2007.

  1. espmartin

    espmartin New Member Webmaster

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    There are tons of web forums on the internet. And to be honest,
    I'd be the first to admit that I select a forum to join based
    on a few critieria:
    • Post counts on each forum (I look for lots of posts).
    • Membership totals (I look to see if a forum has more than 5 users)
    • I select one forum to selectivly read for quality posts
    What makes a good forum a great forum, one that you'd want to join?
     
  2. Bagi Zoltán

    Bagi Zoltán Boss Cart consultant Webmaster

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    I belive that i already found the best forums available out there. The first one where i registered was iwebtool, that time i was a nasty spammer but had the willingness to change the hat on my head so i looked for a space where i can learn the necessary lessons. After i while i received personal invitation to different forums from the owners. As far as i remember i still have Temi's invitation mail as well:D
     
  3. SkinnerW

    SkinnerW New Member Webmaster

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    To add to your list Martin, I am looking on the number of posts that were made "today" - I want forum to be active now, not 6 month ago.

    I am looking for the number of posts with 0 replys - there is 2 reasons for it:
    - no one cares to answer someones question or request for help (NO GOOD!!!)
    - forum is a spamarama

    In both cases there is no community behind that forum.

    And of course it has to be "on theme"

    I recently joined some webmaster forum that seems to have all good signs and pretty active but now I see that 80% of new discussions are anything BUT webmaster related...
     
  4. Midlandi

    Midlandi New Member Webmaster

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    I hope Temi will excuse the "plug" but my verdict on this question can be found HERE
     
  5. OldWelshGuy

    OldWelshGuy New Member Webmaster

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    Activity and quality for me.

    I want to see lots of new posts on a daily basis, and I want to see quality debate going on. Simple as that really.
     
  6. yourfreelance

    yourfreelance New Member Webmaster

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  7. Meti

    Meti New Member Webmaster

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    I am glad you think this way about our community, and I agree with you, this is certainly a great forum for webmasters, I am proud to be a member here :)

    Meti
     
  8. espmartin

    espmartin New Member Webmaster

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    Yes, I can honestly say that this is place is my fav!
     
  9. thegateway

    thegateway New Member Webmaster

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    My joining criteria is to find something new and the forum is well populated.
     
  10. g00db0y

    g00db0y New Member Webmaster

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    I've already found a great forum here. I learn alot here
     
  11. bochgoch

    bochgoch New Member Webmaster

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    Quality and quantity posts ... that requires traffic and great mod's who will keep spam and flaming to a minimum.
     

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