Popularity vs Activity?

[Naiwen]

I personally don't even care if it's only 1 member posting, as long as they are regular and active on my community as opposed to popularity.

 

[Arantor]

I think we'd all like our sites to be popular, but most of us will settle for ongoing activity

 

[Strawberry]

By popularity, I'm guessing you mean something like member count? Such as a forum with 10k members and 1k posts against a forum with 1k members and 10k posts?
I would prefer activity, it's nice to have a good community who keep things ticking over by remaining active.

 

[Cory]

Popularity and activity can sometimes go hand-in-hand. The more your board is noticed, the more likely people will use it to engage with fellow members. Of course, there are exceptions to this, such as for instance, having a feature on your forum that people flock to your board for and builds up the popularity of your board. As an example, I have a skin generator on my board and it's the only one I know that exists on the Jcink software, this may make my board a little more popular, but not necessarily active. If you are popular due to your source of content, then I think you may have hit the jackpot.

 

[Naiwen]

By popularity, I'm guessing you mean something like member count? Such as a forum with 10k members and 1k posts against a forum with 1k members and 10k posts?
I would prefer activity, it's nice to have a good community who keep things ticking over by remaining active.

Yep exactly that.

 

[Tracy]

Honestly.. I set my site up or me. If others join or participate, then that is great. But in the mean time, it gives ME a site to post my content..and to me, that is all that is required.

I have money.. I have time.... and I enjoy sharing my journey. That's all I care about. Could it be done via blog.. you bet your ass. But could others share their joy of the field as easily from a blog... no way.

 

[Naiwen]

Honestly.. I set my site up or me. If others join or participate, then that is great. But in the mean time, it gives ME a site to post my content..and to me, that is all that is required.

I have money.. I have time.... and I enjoy sharing my journey. That's all I care about. Could it be done via blog.. you bet your ass. But could others share their joy of the field as easily from a blog... no way.

I see, so a personal blog maybe?

 

[Shortie]

As much as I would love to see my forums popular, having activity that is daily and ongoing would be better for me at first and we could work on possibly having a popular forum at a later time. The most difficult thing to get in the beginning is solid activity, once you have that and it's regular you will grow.

 

[Tracy]

I see, so a personal blog maybe?

Got one of those already..... using a .US TLD.
A blog doesn't allow others that may find it and want to active participation ability like the current setup does.
https://astrowhat.com/media/categories/astrophotography-forum-images.15/

 

[Henrywrites]

The forum activity is the key thing for me as well. I want to see the forum very active instead of being popular and having less posts by members. That is how you get to build a better forum with every new member seeing how active the forum is.

 

[Naiwen]

The forum activity is the key thing for me as well. I want to see the forum very active instead of being popular and having less posts by members. That is how you get to build a better forum with every new member seeing how active the forum is.

Member count matters less to me personally at least anyways as well.

 

[Henrywrites]

Member count matters less to me personally at least anyways as well.

I think it is a personal choice. There are forum owners that likes it to have a lot of members on the forum as well.