The hidden power of Emoticons
If you are setting up or running a forum, one of the most important things with creating a relaxed atmosphere is to select the right emotioncs for your boards. That may sound funny, but on every forum I’ve ever run, I have had a set of carefully selected emoticons, and people LOVE them. On one board, they came such a part of the community, that I felt compelled to give them a week off from work. (This was to rearrange them really, but I informed people that they have been working so hard that I’m giving them a week off.) The...
read moreWhat bloggers look like
There’s currently 2 discussions about the handsomest / most beautiful blogger on BlogCatalog.com. This made me think about the importance of letting your readers know what you look like. I don’t know if it is that important to other people, but to me it is… For one thing, you can tell a lot about the person by the photo. The age, the style, the gender – you might be surprised how often people think you’re the other gender if you don’t have a photo of yourself! Some topics are gender biased, like…...
read moreDifferent types of discussion boards
I love discussion boards. To me they are the BEST THING about the Internet. Blogs are good, but discussion boards are super duper. Running one is like combining the blog and a discussion board, people still come to your site, but you get to see them STAY even though you weren’t active for days. That is so cool. There are different type of discussion boards though. I don’t love all of them. 1. Super popular general boards Example: MySpace Forums These forums rarely produce discussions that are worth following. They are riddled with...
read moreHandling a conflict on a forum
I’ve been running discussion boards of different topics for years… I would say since 2001 but I’m not sure. Anyway, I’ve learned a lot of things, one of them is that no matter how innocent the topic, there’s always going to be problems with members not getting along – and it’s often your job to stand in the middle. The following is to ponder about how to handle these situations with as little interruption or damage to the board morale as possible. When ever there is a group of people who don’t...
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