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What makes a forum successful?

Stone Bridges
05-01-2006, 23:11
I am creating a forum for General Aviation, and I'm just wondering, what makes an online forum successful?
Heron-Marked Warriors
05-01-2006, 23:13
I am creating a forum for General Aviation, and I'm just wondering, what makes an online forum successful?

people. Most forums that die do so because people stop going. You'll probably need to have a dedicated core of posters in place before you start, and then to get some sort of advertising out there to keep new blood coming in.
Ifreann
05-01-2006, 23:13
Pictures of naked women.
It'll draw lots of 12 yo boys pretending to be 17-21
Drunk commies deleted
05-01-2006, 23:13
Nudity and violence work for movies and stuff. They would probably make a forum interesting.
Keruvalia
05-01-2006, 23:13
Dancing girls!
Vetalia
05-01-2006, 23:13
Well, having a lot of people interested from the start can help, as can advertising it on other boards (if allowed). Word of mouth by friends interested can do a lot to build up a forum in its early days, and from there hopefully more and more people will latch on.