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    Can your community run without your presence?

    I don't own a forum but I'd say that, for a good community, an admin should be able to leave for a few days and come back to an active forum....
    Post by: Ferron, Jan 6, 2012 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Revillution Forums

    Forum looks good and it seems very active. Though I'd change the design a bit; the blue/black gradients aren't pleasing to the eyes. Other than...
    Post by: Ferron, Jan 6, 2012 in forum: Community Showcase
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    Fonts/color for staff members?

    I'd use whatever the default was but if the theme called for a customization I'd change it while still making the admins' and mods' usernames...
    Post by: Ferron, Jan 4, 2012 in forum: Member and Staff Management
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    At What Age Did You Start Your First Forum?

    My first forum was when I was 12 or 13 for a tutorials site that never opened. I eventually posted tutorials exclusively on the forum but when I...
    Post by: Ferron, Jan 3, 2012 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Do you get angry when members make low-quality posts?

    I don't think those posts are useful for small forums just developing. Probably something's gone wrong with the administration if those are...
    Post by: Ferron, Jan 2, 2012 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Web Marketing Talk - Website/Forum Marketing & Promotion

    That's a nice theme. I like the topic, might register there as I'm looking into doing more marketing for themes. It needs more posts but I can...
    Post by: Ferron, Jan 1, 2012 in forum: Community Showcase
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    Have you ever given up on a community that you enjoyed?

    I joined the mod team in early 08 and the mods were in charge even before that. I think the problem was that the admins wanted to set up a...
    Post by: Ferron, Nov 20, 2011 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Have you ever given up on a community that you enjoyed?

    I left Hallpass a while ago because the admins stopped caring about the forum. It was great for a while because we mods had full reign but it got...
    Post by: Ferron, Nov 20, 2011 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Have you ever paid for content?

    Agreed. I've never paid for content (I've just used post exchanges) but the services should only be used in the early stages of a forum. If you're...
    Post by: Ferron, Nov 4, 2011 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Have you ever been hacked?

    I've only been hacked once, and it was by a hacker that didn't do much damage on a dead blog of mine. So really I don't think that counts but it's...
    Post by: Ferron, Nov 4, 2011 in forum: Security and Legal
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    Where do you get your Graphics done?

    I normally do them myself with the experience I have with design and Photoshop but if it involves any photo manipulation then I'll ask/pay someone...
    Post by: Ferron, Oct 30, 2011 in forum: Skinning, Design and Graphics
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    Shoutbox: yay or nay?

    I don't really know my opinion on it. Some users tend to think that the rules don't apply in the shoutbox which presents all sorts of problems....
    Post by: Ferron, Oct 30, 2011 in forum: Member and Staff Management
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    I am thinking of setting up a competition.

    You could do a competition where the user to post the most in a given amount of time would get the picture. Though you have the problem Jack...
    Post by: Ferron, Oct 29, 2011 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Is there such a thing as having too much content?

    There's such a thing as having too many threads with too little posts but you can never have enough activity.
    Post by: Ferron, Oct 24, 2011 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Ever paid for a skin? How much was it?

    I've never paid for one myself, coming from the MyBB background with all free themes (some were paid but they averaged $5-10) but I hear some...
    Post by: Ferron, Oct 15, 2011 in forum: Managing Your Online Community