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05-19-2006, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by TylerL
There's usually an introductions forum where you can introduce yourself and have a nice off-topic discussion  I just find that the chit-chat section takes over as the primary focus in all of these new sites. |
You're posting in one now! But seriously general chat is a big up for me, I tend not to like forums that don't have much activity in the general chat (but also if there's too big a waiting on it I don't like them).
Good points on the others though.
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05-20-2006, 02:02 AM
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Nice post, im gonna follow your tips when i make my forum.
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05-20-2006, 02:05 AM
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VERY NICE POST!!! this is the difference between small thinking freelancers and real developers, not to flame anyone but I think this would go for your friend Matt 
I dont want to talk because at this point I cant back it up. 
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05-20-2006, 02:06 AM
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Great read.
Although, I think General Discussion is a must, it is sort of a break from whatever topic area, which ultimately feeds more posts. 
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05-20-2006, 02:35 AM
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Although General Discussion is often nice to have, I think it makes sense in some cases not to rely on it. Obvioulsy in a forum that already has a well-built user base, like TalkFreelance, it makes sense. A startup forum may benefit from general discussion, but if it focuses chat away from the main topic of the forum it really does not help the community in the long run.
It depends what you're going for. If you have a forum, you just need to make sure you're in it for the right reasons. If you at least consider your forum with or without a general discussion, and decide on it, you are doing better than most.
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05-20-2006, 04:01 AM
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I would think that if you were starting your own forum you might want to keep it to 1 forum, and let it grow from there, open up more forums as the needs arise.
I have always thought the less forums the better, it has worked well for gfy they have 5 forums which isnt a great amount but it has allowed them to get close to 10 million posts in the main forum, if it gets to a size were posts are getting buried within 10 minutes (like gfy) then maybe another forum is the way to go.....
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05-20-2006, 04:54 AM
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05-20-2006, 05:52 AM
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05-20-2006, 03:56 PM
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Thanks for the comments guys, feel free to add on if you'd like
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05-20-2006, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Imagenesis
VERY NICE POST!!! this is the difference between small thinking freelancers and real developers, not to flame anyone but I think this would go for your friend Matt
I dont want to talk because at this point I cant back it up. |
My problem is I have unreliable and uncaring members. 
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