Forum

I have created my new forum, it's all set up and the SSL certificate has finally been installed by GoDaddy (I won't go into that).

I have opened it but was wondering how do I get members to join and post? At the moment there is no real incentive for people to join as there is not many posts and there is a lot of empty boards. I know I will need to write some myself but people aren't going to like chatting on a forum with hundreds of posts by one person.

The link is in my signature if you can think of some ways to help it'd be appreciated.

Ben.


EDIT: Oh, and if possible could you tell me what you think of it? Improvments and all, thanks again.

AFPoster said:

Good layout, good organization - I like the site.

One question to ask yourself is why should people come to your forum whether their is posts in there or not over MacRumors, AndroidCentral, Windows, etc.?

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That's a question I find myself asking often, and the trouble is I can't answer it myself, I prefer coming to MacRumours, haha. It's hard to find a neiche that I am interested in, if I don't like it then I won't really bother. I am going to give it a go, I have managed to get it to second on Google when you search benchtech in around a week so I am pretty proud. I am advertising it on Facebook and just hoping someone will sign up so I can have discussions with them and generate some posts and traffic.

One idea I though of was tutorials and reviews, I have put one tutorial and hope this will bring traffic and then people will register.

Do you think enabling guest posts is a good idea? To get some posts or is at invatation to spam?

Thanks for the comments and the feedback!

Ben

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jessica. said:

I think the web is flooded with forums like this. To me, I would find myself signing up but never posting. Usually only the forums that carry a huge amount of members keeps me interested and even then, there is a level of boredom that hits every so often.

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There seems to be that sort of cycle on most forums, but I'm only 16 so I will give it a go and see what comes of it. Hopefully I can build up a good memberbase and get some good posters.

I would offer competitions but I have nothing to offer

Comeagain? said:

only for threads you find would be benefited from a more broad perspective. Spam would become a problem, especially as the site grows.

You now have a new member!

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Ah good point. I saw! Thankyou!