Anyone used automatic thread creation tools?

[xpl0iter]

Has anyone used any type of automatic thread creation tools for your forums?
What are your views on this?

 

[Sam1]

Do you mean an RSS news feed? I think they're fantastic!! IF USED ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTION MANUAL.

They work well if you and your staff reply to the news which encourages members to reply. It also allows discussion on breaking news stories out there

 

[xpl0iter]

That seems to be a nice idea. But from where do we get the news?
Adding the rss feed from any of those Webmaster news websites?

 

[Sam1]

That seems to be a nice idea. But from where do we get the news?
Adding the rss feed from any of those Webmaster news websites?

Yep, any good webmaster news websites will work

 

[ford1001]

I have an RSS feed from IGN for Respawn Gamers. Just in one board, "The Feed"

 

[mogoko]

The only issue is, it can mean an untrue representation of your forum. I have seen a few webmaster sites that have about 10 categories with these set up. They seem to think that they are getting loads of content and posts. But though they have a high number of posts, the member base and value does not match...

 

[Hubok]

I have a shoutbox save every message into a thread. It got to a lot of pages. Luckily, it posted in a forum with no post count.

 

[mogoko]

Thats interesting

 

[shadowslight]

Hm, this is news to me. the only thing i've worked with that would represent a thread creation tool, is something ive seen in VB where if a post is reported, a thread is created in staff forum describing the incident and such :?