General Managing a General Community

frm

Community Enthusiast

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• Feb 20, 2025

• #11

CTS said:

Imho, politics ruined general topic forums for me.

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I was hesitant to add politics and religion (or other divisive topics) to my general forum until I implemented an "ignore" forum feature so that people could hide it entirely.

It gives people the power to discuss politics, or to have a place completely removed from politics, but can captivate an audience of both as it's essentially like "changing the TV channel" when something they don't like comes on.

 

ticaga

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• Feb 20, 2025

• #12

I run a forum, and I try and post on Reddit a lot to try and get people to click my name and go to my profile. That and search engine results help drive my traffic to the forum.

 

Cpvr

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• Feb 23, 2025

• #13

ticaga said:

I run a forum, and I try and post on Reddit a lot to try and get people to click my name and go to my profile. That and search engine results help drive my traffic to the forum.

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How are you doing on search?

How many monthly clicks and impressions are you averaging?

 

Nomad

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Content Team

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• Feb 26, 2025

• #14

I am not a fan of general forums but I am a part of a couple of general forums. The biggest issue with these forums is they seem to have identical discussions, you will find similar topics and posts posted on these forums. My focus is always on creating unique topics that are not overly saturated across multiple sites and also the topics that people like to have their say. As long as you have good topics, I think it is possible to built your community a thriving community.

 

Al

Hello, I'm Al.

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• Feb 26, 2025

• #15

It's a bit of a double edged sword. On the one hand you have access to ALL OF THE CONTENT IN THE WORLD. You should never run out of ideas for things to post or have writers block on fresh content. On the other hand THERE ARE SO MANY GENERAL FORUMS OUT THERE. How do you stand out? Its probably both the easiest and hardest 'niche' to be successful in.