🌶️ You should ignore member feedback

[joelr]

This is a spicy post.

One of the things that I see among legacy forum admins is an over reliance on member feedback. A member says they're interested in something, the admin builds a whole new board for that one topic that the member rarely posts in. A member says why not match what another site is doing, the admin builds a whole new section that duplicates but is never as successful the other site.

Do you immediately implement all member feedback? When might you want to ignore what members suggest?

 

[Nomad]

Most members do not have any idea on how a forum should run and what it takes to build a successful forum. Therefore, if you ask them for feedback they would say things that might not help you. Therefore, I always avoid asking members for feedback.