Are forums coming back to life? I am getting tired of Social Media

[Al]

…I only need like a couple of thousand of them

 

[Empire]

…I only need like a couple of thousand of them

Better if you had more then again I love to get more yet end of the day you can have way yo much that you can' even handle it.

 

[Mike30]

I have really enjoyed reading this thread . That makes me feel i am not alone with my old thinking.

 

[Al]

I’m a 70s baby, @Mike30 - positively ancient.

 

[~ True Legend ~]

Agreed. It's even reflecting on our educational level. There has been reports that education is in decline. At least making forums trains our brain.

I believe participating on forums trains our brains too to a point. We engage in intellectual debates and discuss a variety of topics we wouldn't normally discuss too. And meet a bunch of diverse ppl with diverse perspectives.

Of course community leadership trains you on an emotional intelligence level too. Lash out and you'll lose members. Keep your cools and don't take things personally And yes it's hard when your online friends betray your trust, but you gotta learn to keep things civil.

I feel a lot of the skills gained on forums will help us with skills like relationship building, handling conflicts/disagreements and fostering trust in the workplace.

 

[Heatman]

Well, I can say that forums are really dead completely but because there are still so many people like us that still enjoys using forums. On the other hands, no matter how many people that are leaving social media, I don't think it's ever going to make forums bigger than social media.

 

[Empire]

Well, I can say that forums are really dead completely but because there are still so many people like us that still enjoys using forums. On the other hands, no matter how many people that are leaving social media, I don't think it's ever going to make forums bigger than social media.

People say it's dead and yet people still use them, not as many back 20 years ago but that being said we have people still opening them up I mean look at AJ... She's one year old and look how far that AJ site has gotten.

 

[~ True Legend ~]

People say it's dead and yet people still use them, not as many back 20 years ago but that being said we have people still opening them up I mean look at AJ... She's one year old and look how far that AJ site has gotten.

Only 1 year old? Wow

 

[Empire]

Only 1 year old? Wow

I Know right hahahaha

 

[Aussie]

Id love to know the average age of the forum used on this site, and forum users in general? I am betting not many under 25s are here. Having said that, as the censorship of the internet grows it could mean new people coming to forums who are not afraid of different opinions and actually want to discuss and research things. You never know!!

 

[~ True Legend ~]

Id love to know the average age of the forum used on this site, and forum users in general? I am betting not many under 25s are here. Having said that, as the censorship of the internet grows it could mean new people coming to forums who are not afraid of different opinions and actually want to discuss and research things. You never know!!

I know many in their 30s

 

[Excommunicado]

Id love to know the average age of the forum used on this site, and forum users in general? I am betting not many under 25s are here. Having said that, as the censorship of the internet grows it could mean new people coming to forums who are not afraid of different opinions and actually want to discuss and research things. You never know!!

The average age of forums has certainly increased over the years. I’ve always been on the youngest side of users but everyone seems to be 30+ now!

 

[~ True Legend ~]

The average age of forums has certainly increased over the years. I’ve always been on the youngest side of users but everyone seems to be 30+ now!

How old are you if you don’t mind me asking?

I’m also on the younger side of users.

 

[Excommunicado]

How old are you if you don’t mind me asking?

I’m also on the younger side of users.

I’m 21 years old

 

[~ True Legend ~]

I’m 21 years old

I’m 26, older than you so gimme respect

 

[Bluezone777]

Only 1 year old? Wow

The thing you have to take into account is that Cedric is benefiting from ten years plus of building up contacts with people with a variety of skill sets who are willing to jump in and take staff positions or simply support him who probably wouldn't have been so eager if he was just a stranger to him. Building relationships with other people and gaining their trust as a person and as an admin is hardly easy but is often the thing that separates the successful from the not so successful board owner. Most boards I see getting made don't have that at their disposal and it shows when they don't get the same results or anything close to it.

I really believe people would benefit if they instead of building their own board would go to existing boards and work their way into those communities building up relationships and a reputation for quality work in the form of a staff position on said board before trying to make their own as that's what I had done and much of my success came from that.

 

[Reverie]

Great point @Bluezone777 most things in life come to networking, or knowing the right people. I remember when forums were created frequently, and it wasn't hard to get people to join, but it was hard to get them to stick around. Sometimes having the right people on board make more users come, but also stick to the community. If you know someone on the community, you are more likely to stay.

Building up and getting to know people around the forum world has a lot of benefits. I especially always found working on communities helped me see flaws and gave me ideas of how to better my own community one day. The experience alone is great. Building relationships with users, which in the end is the whole point of a community, is what really sets the tone and helps you build a better community of your own one day.

I see communities popping up now, which I think it is incredible so many people are wanting to run a community again! I think this gives people the opportunity to spread out a bit perhaps, and get to know different people that aren't the same people just at different forums. Now people need to focus on making themselves different or setting up great expectations for their community. It's hard to think differently, you truly have to push yourself to do things that aren't normal or aren't usually on forum communities. I find that people are needing to really think outside the box a bit, and that's just a tough skill sometimes!

 

[~ True Legend ~]

The thing you have to take into account is that Cedric is benefiting from ten years plus of building up contacts with people with a variety of skill sets who are willing to jump in and take staff positions or simply support him who probably wouldn't have been so eager if he was just a stranger to him. Building relationships with other people and gaining their trust as a person and as an admin is hardly easy but is often the thing that separates the successful from the not so successful board owner. Most boards I see getting made don't have that at their disposal and it shows when they don't get the same results or anything close to it.

I really believe people would benefit if they instead of building their own board would go to existing boards and work their way into those communities building up relationships and a reputation for quality work in the form of a staff position on said board before trying to make their own as that's what I had done and much of my success came from that.

It’s true. Friendships and pre-existing reputation makes all the difference. Contributions matter, where as a staff member or not. Of course though, as staff member, you are a bit more high profile.

 

[Cedric]

The thing you have to take into account is that Cedric is benefiting from ten years plus of building up contacts with people with a variety of skill sets who are willing to jump in and take staff positions or simply support him who probably wouldn't have been so eager if he was just a stranger to him. Building relationships with other people and gaining their trust as a person and as an admin is hardly easy but is often the thing that separates the successful from the not so successful board owner. Most boards I see getting made don't have that at their disposal and it shows when they don't get the same results or anything close to it.

I really believe people would benefit if they instead of building their own board would go to existing boards and work their way into those communities building up relationships and a reputation for quality work in the form of a staff position on said board before trying to make their own as that's what I had done and much of my success came from that.

This is true. Networking, making friends, creating an audience makes a huge difference when creating a forum.
Funny but I've written about this exact subject a while ago: https://admin-junkies.com/articles/forum-growth-building-your-audience-before-opening.81/

 

[Debashis]

I'm not sure if forums are coming back but one thing I'm sure about is that I'm done with social media. If there's a place to form meaningful connections, it has to be forums. Social media is nothing but a source of entertainment and related news for me. I wish more and more people start using forums. I think many are not even aware that something like this exists where like minded people can come and chit chat.