A nation of community builders since Jan 21, 2009
Jon's Discussions
Best forums in the world
5 Replies
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dan Gray Nov 30.
Crazy forum cleanup case study in the making
Started Aug 25
Taking over a crazy forum!
13 Replies
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jon Aug 6.
Jon's Page
Gifts Received
Jon has not received any gifts yet
Latest Activity
A "forum" is a public meeting, a gathering, a medium for discussion. It doesn't matter where that takes place, it is the quality of the discourse and those participating that counts. The 'best forum in the world' is not the best because of the softw…
Helllo Jon, Melissa. Jill,
I like very much Melissa's words, especially: "If you build it, they will come" doesn't always apply.
I've seen that the best forums come from energized people engaging with each othe and newbies/lurkers. So the key is to…
Personally, I think that if you set out to create the "best forum in the world" you might be disappointed.
The beauty of some of the best online communities is that they all began with a few users who had something in common. Additionally, most for…
Well quite simply, I want to create the best forum in the world so I'm trying to figure out who I need to benchmark forum against and what those forums do to be rated as one of the best.
It is my suspicion that the biggest factors in successful for…
I haven't logged in for a while - work gets in the road of connecting here:)
I feel this is an interesting question and poses a few challenges to understanding what we might mean by "best" as well as require us to be mindful of organising our think…
On your opinion, what are the best forums in the world and why?
So I wrote previously about taking over a crazy forum so I thought I'd do a bit of an update on how its going. Quite a lot has happened so I'll try keep it short.
Step1:
I decided to have an open chat with the group of trollers to tell them that we…
I could also do with a case study or two to show the benefit of Forums to a business, particularly a community type business (I run the Gumtree forum). Any suggestions?
Yeah, I am reaching out to them, practically on a one by one basis at the moment. Some I am winning over, others may have to go eventually. But I am trying to give everyone a chance!
Speaking of, the inherited technology of the forum is bad and it…
Hey Jon: You need to start getting to those newbies before this group of crazies. Can you maybe reach out to them and ask them to stop alienating new members? try that approach. let them know it keeps the community from growing and growth is importa…
I also like the idea of keeping the power users busy! I have a lot of ideas for things they could do!
Thanks Jill. Great advice.
What does everyone think of the idea of promoting the more level headed users to moderator to both reward them for being nice and also as being a recognisable authoritative figure for newbies
Yeah great advise Rex. I've found that email conversations are useful as it is more personal and also good for sorting out an inflammatory issue without it being public on the boards
Great advice angela! I am trying this approach out and at the same time trying to cool the trollers down without trying to be the new sheriff in town!
Hey John
Thanks for the advice here. I think a ranking system that could distinguish the useful members from the ones just there to troll and give people a hard time would be great. I'll look into that.
Also, being Gumtree, we don't mind a bit of…
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 9:53am on December 16, 2009,
lucy said…
- lucydavid1@hotmail.fr
Hello dear
My Name is Lucy i went to your profile today at commania.ning.com and i love it i think we can from there click through my email address thus;(lucydavid1@hotmail.fr)
i am waiting for your lovely reply soonest because i need your communication so we can share blessing and understanding life which some have never test and understand so try to send an email to me so i can give you my picture so you can see who i am and i will tell you all of my detail ok
i am looking for your reply soon
i am the one want to be your Friend
have a wonderful day
yours
Lucy
i am waiting for your lovely reply through my email address (lucydavid1@hotmail.fr)
so that i will from there send you my picture so that you will see how i look like ok try to get me back because there is many love in sheering have a wonderful sweet dream and lovely day kisssss
About
© 2009 Created by Richard Millington on Ning. Create Your Own Social Network
