Running Forums on Your Own

[Kane]

Do you run your forums all by yourself or do you have a team to assist you? Well, I run multiple forums and I run them by myself. But recently I felt that I really need a staff on my forums. I was not able to check my forums for a couple of days and when I went back there were over 1000 spam posts and over 300 spammer registrations.

 

[Mike30]

I started by myself. But it is best to start with or get a team as quick as possible. And if you have more than one forum, you better get some extra help even quicker

 

[Kane]

After running multiple forums, I have understood, unlike blogs, forums cannot be managed by a single person. But the problem is the funds to hire people to work on your forum. I do not like the idea of making people work for free.

 

[Riberet19]

If your forum doesn't have enough traffic it will be difficult to receive funds to pay hired staff, and nowadays it is not easy to get organic traffic, so perhaps a marketing strategy is the best.

 

[Kane]

If your forum doesn't have enough traffic it will be difficult to receive funds to pay hired staff, and nowadays it is not easy to get organic traffic, so perhaps a marketing strategy is the best.

If I am not earning from my forum, I cannot pay my staff. This is one of the reasons why I do not have any staff on my forums these days. I make so little money that it is just enough for site maintenance.

 

[Jason]

I could pay staff if I wanted to, but there's no reason to have them, except as some sort of thing to make friends. Anyway, I have considered that idea.

Note: the reason I don't need staff is because spam is well under-control, and the forum has few active members.

 

[Kane]

If you have little activities and if you have a proper mechanism to control spam, staffs are not necessary, but if you can find some friends to work as a volunteer that would certainly be good as having a staff when you are away will help you out.

 

[Mike30]

I could pay staff if I wanted to, but there's no reason to have them, except as some sort of thing to make friends. Anyway, I have considered that idea.

Note: the reason I don't need staff is because spam is well under-control, and the forum has few active members.

Staff can also be utilized in other activities besides getting rid of spam.
I just started a small team. They are currently keeping the forum attended and that feels awesome. I got some weight off my back.

 

[Jason]

If you have little activities and if you have a proper mechanism to control spam, staffs are not necessary, but if you can find some friends to work as a volunteer that would certainly be good as having a staff when you are away will help you out.

Volunteering is good for the resume, but, nonetheless, I don't believe in using volunteers for my forums. I can surely pay them something, even if it isn't much.

 

[Kane]

Staff can also be utilized in other activities besides getting rid of spam.
I just started a small team. They are currently keeping the forum attended and that feels awesome. I got some weight off my back.

Having staff also means you have activities on your site. I am staff on a couple of forums and on these forums most activities are from the staff. There are very few users outside staff posting regularly.