This.
I operate or administrate a dozen different forums. Most operate better without staff lurking.
I guess I'm outside the norm but I don;t worry about keeping members happy. The sites I operate are either my vision or the vision of someone who...
Lurking
I know of sites that do this as it does keep the riff raff away. I would not personally blook all free e-mail although I do block all temporary...
I found Admin-Talk in Brandon's signature on vBulletin.com
The inevitable criticisms are what draw members. Members don't join forums to become shiny happy people holding hands. People like to argue and to...
SEO is effective for forums who sell products. Where SEO fails is in that search engines index forums with or without SEO. The educated forum...
Free software isn't free. It's included in your adware package.
SEO is over-rated. Millions of sites all optimized for the same keywords. Useless. Quality original content eats SEO for lunch. What I do is to...
I'm Mike. No, not that Mike you know. Nor that one. Nor the other one you vaguely recall from somewhere. I've been pretending to know what I'm...
Truth. Unfortunately, nearly anyone with a few dollars can pretend to know what he or she is doing.
The developers are making progress albeit not nearly fast enough for the liking of some.
There are excellent and poor administrators of both sexes. It helps, I find, to have both male and female staff. What helps more is if staff are...
There are several. You want a list? Anyone who says, "I could develop a better forum than this if I wanted to." The first responder to any request...
Every piece of independent source research I've done has indicated advertising via Google Ads, Facebook, etc. is a waste of money. Let's be...
I try to avoid staff whenever possible. It seems most want the title but not the responsibility. If a staff member proves incapable of meeting the...
Caveat emptor. Every version of software comes with its own idiosyncrasies. Anyone who takes the time to read knows exactly what they are getting...
As a vBulletin5 license holder I received no such e-mail. I read a lot of things. It doesn't make them factual. I'd also like a link or a source...
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