How forum admins can drive away members
We all have been told a million times how to behave when you’re on a discussion board. There are some very common practises that admins do though, that are driving me crazy, and kill any wish to participate into a discussion. That is why I mainly run my own discussion boards, because I can easily control the administration practises on them – being the only one. Let’s go through a few do’s and don’ts, shall we? 1. Try not to be condescending when you point out that someone has posted in the wrong board. It happens...
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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