So how do you build a community on a web site?

[episodic]

Ok - so you get the website - you start pumping the information - you have a forum - noone ever posts or joins - how do you get it started?

 

[Pepsi90919]

set it on fire.

 

[pulse8]

Starting a forum is sort of like the slow clap phenomenon of 80's teen movies. You have to start clapping yourself and then it'll just kind of catch on.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
set it on fire.

the server or the code?

Fire mail?

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: pulse8
Starting a forum is sort of like the slow clap phenomenon of 80's teen movies. You have to start clapping yourself and then it'll just kind of catch on.

"clapping yourself"

/snicker

 

[episodic]

 

[Goosemaster]

Actually, starting a forum is like putting a big sign infront of your house that says "come chat with me inside." Depending on the discussion software o uare using, you are either using a figurative million-dollar-man mansion or a trailer park Winnebago-wannabe.

You need to entice people with stuff such as money, pron, money, women, insightful discussion, money, entertainment, funny jokes, pron...you get the picture

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Actually, starting a forum is like putting a big sign infront of your house that says "come chat with me inside." Depending on the discussion software o uare using, you are either using a figurative million-dollar-man mansion or a trailer park Winnebago-wannabe.

You need to entice people with stuff such as money, pron, money, women, insightful discussion, money, entertainment, funny jokes, pron...you get the picture

Well the site would have been geared for teachers, so all of the above would have been out. . . I took it down after 3 months of no posts. . .

I was going to revamp and try again.


I used phpbb 2.0 for the forum software. . .

 

[Mucho]

Create several female IDs and flirt with the men.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Mucho
Create several female IDs and flirt with the men.

....

 

[kranky]

I think you need something to draw teachers to the site other than the forum. Can you collect links to useful sites, news stories, etc.? Generate traffic to the site and the forums will develop.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: episodic
Ok - so you get the website - you start pumping the information - you have a forum - noone ever posts or joins - how do you get it started?

it's hard to get an active forum going unless you are lucky or you find a niche.
it's a lot of work.

 

[Attrox]

Sticky a topic for female teachers: 12 Easy steps on how to attract young boys

 

[shimsham]

nudie pics. works every time.

 

[Attrox]

Figure out a way for your site to be slashdotted, that'll invite traffic.

 

[replicator]

What do you have on your forum that would attract and retain users?

What value do you provide for your members?

You need some content that users find valuable, and you also need to find a way to make it visible to your target audience.

 

[ThePresence]

Put a link in your sig on ATOT.

 

[aplefka]

Start with your friends, then slowly build it off them.

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: aplefka
Start with your friends, then slowly build it off them.

I guess I'm in trouble - friends?