A Forum Mission Statement?

[Senkusha]

I'm just curious. Without having a welcoming, landing page, does anybody use a mission statement to describe what their forum is about for potential new members? If you do, what do you use (a banner, a pop-up message, a pinned thread (and where), a link, etc)? How effective do you think a Mission Statement is?

 

[Cedric]

A mission statement is crucial for any community or business. It’s helpful for knowing what you want to do and for your audience what to expect. Start with a mission statement, then start on anything else.

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[Cedric]

Also worth noting, a landingspage or welcome page is something completely different to a Mission Statement and both are best advised to have. Implemented with each other is a good possibility but still required.

 

[Ravenfreak]

I've a thread that explains who and what Gex is on Gex Forums. I think it's a good idea to let guests know what your website or community is about, and what principles it's built upon. In my case I was shocked to find out that there were a lot of people who never played any of the Gex games so having a thread that explained who Gex was and the main plot of the franchise helped potential members understand more about the franchise.

 

[Uncrowned]

I'm not sure if a mission statement replaces a landing page or vice versa, but it is always a great idea to have a solid mission statement that describes your overall goals.

 

[ClicketyKat]

For my craft forum, it's pretty obvious what it is, so I don't think I need to waste anyone's time putting together a mission statement. Now, for the Christian forum, people have asked about something similar, because they want to know how we "define" Christian and so we have come up with a Statement of Faith and the reason we have it as a Christian forum should be fairly obvious as to our mission