Will you start a forum

[Dilip]

Take a deep breath, think. If you want to start a community interaction on a subject, will you choose forum as a platform? In 2024, there are so many options and forums looks toughest of them all.

 

[Daniel-Monetize.info]

Yes I would choose a forum because you own it. If you start it on FB or any other social media platform, if they decide to close you, then you lose everything.

Of course you can leverage social media and other platforms to drive traffic to your community

 

[Ravenfreak]

Depending on the niche I would go with a forum. If it's just a place to chat I would go with Discord, or another chat client. If I'm sharing information a forum is the best place to have discussions about said topic, and it'll be more organized than any other platform.

 

[Nomad]

I will choose forum to build my community. I cannot own a community I create on social media but my forums are my own, I make my rules. Yes, it is difficult but it gives you a lot of satisfaction to have a community as your own home.

 

[Senkusha]

In 2024, I probably would not start a forum. I don't believe there's enough demand for forums in this current era of the Internet. I also probably would not choose to use a platform either, because of the various censorship issues that I see on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, TikTok, even YouTube.

 

[joelr]

It depends on the subject. It depends on the interaction and audience. It depends on how much money, if any, I want to burn.

In 2024, I probably would not start a forum. I don't believe there's enough demand for forums in this current era of the Internet. I also probably would not choose to use a platform either, because of the various censorship issues that I see on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, TikTok, even YouTube.

I hear censorship thrown around a lot. While I agree with you in theory, have you personally been censored on those platforms? Or is the threat of it enough to make you not want to participate? Do you not censor your users if they don't follow guidelines?