The Forum
Network March 26th, 2007This blog post is proudly sponsored by: Find a Job.
I can say that my forum is doing rather well, but things are slow. I’ve always wondered how many people honestly love science. When I joined myspace, I found that a lot of people really do love it. But the problem is, no one really wants to join. I mean, they like the thought of a place to chat about science, but then they don’t join. And if they join, they don’t post any new threads. It’s difficult to make a successful forum when you are the one that has created most of the threads. Since I haven’t gotten paid yet, I can’t really put my contest up. Well, I could, but…Hmm…Now that I write this post, I have begun to think about ways to start more posting.
I know that my forum can get large. It offers a calm place for people to talk about science, the skin looks relaxing and there is a genuine love for the topic. However, what I also know is that people don’t like joining a forum that doesn’t have a lot of posts. I’ve been wondering if I should maybe get a moderator with the sole task of adding more threads and the such. When Christmas time comes, I’ll give him a gift or something as a thank you, but it would be an unpaid job. What do you think? Do you think I should add a moderator soon so that I can get an increase in threads? Maybe include it as a job title? Also…Do you think that adding an article section would be good or keep that to my other individual blogs I will make in the future? If you love science, check out the forum.
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March 28th, 2007 at 2:58 am
I think you want to keep the articles for your blogs for now. You might be able to get forum members to write guest articles at some point. But you really need to build content and promote on them right now. You are still in very early stages for both SciFreak and the forum. It will take time and labor for them to really roll on their own. Just keep pumping out content, getting links, promoting, etc. It will be a long hard march, but it should pay off quite well over time.