
Everything posted by Shawn Gossman
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AIChatGPT.Today (AI Enthusiasts Destination)
Chrome but I also have McAfee on here. It was free for a year, so I'm keeping it until it expires.
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AIChatGPT.Today (AI Enthusiasts Destination)
Just so you know. I get this message when I go to your forum: [ATTACH type=full" width="644px" size="920x536]415[/ATTACH]
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How can a mentor help your community?
He's one of the users I remember the most. I think he's one of my oldest forum acquaintances :D
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How can you encourage members to contribute meaningful content?
I can attest to this. That's why I work hard to make my posts as good as I can. It doesn't necessarily have to be a long post, either. In fact, a few sentences are fine as long as it sparks engagement. Engagement is king, anymore.
- Hi to All
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Hello
Welcome to the community :) You'll love it here!
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Wordpress 6.7 has been released
The only new features for WP that I look forward to it making it lighter and faster.
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Deal or no Deal: Shawn Gossman
No deal!
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How many hours do you spend on your website or forum?
Heh. I'm at 9 forums, 6 of them I'm serious about. 4 blogs. Upcoming 2 podcasts A YouTube channel and multiple daily post social media channels. I'm also the community manager at Copyblogger. As long as I can get 6 hours of sleep each night! :D
- IRC
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Your goal for 2025?
Personal: I want to get some debt paid off. I'm not in extreme debt but I need to get some of it under control. Brand: I want to get my YouTube channel to 10K subscribers. I'm at around 6K now. I'd like to get my Facebook page to 50K followers. I hit 21K the other day. I want to get some passive income things started with it. Other: I want to start some passive income projects with Serious Bloggers. I also want to launch a few podcasts. And of course, bike and hike more and try to shed some pounds.
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How much have you spent on your website or forum in terms of USD?
In all of my websites and forums, probably around $3,000 a year. I earn about $15K-$20K a year from online stuff. I'm ahead :)
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Deal or no Deal: Shawn Gossman
8/9/16/18/20 :)
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Do you play the lottery?
I'd be fine with $10K! The most I've won on a scratch off ticket was $1,000 which was still cool. It was a $30 ticket.
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Wordpress 6.7 has been released
Pretty nice. But... I use DIVI and the classic editor plugin so the new features don't do a lot for me. It's on my list to get good at the WP editor but I've yet to try it LOL
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How many hours do you spend on your website or forum?
I've been trying to at least invest a few hours a day on each of my forums. I'll login and post a few new topics, reply to any new posts, welcome new members, and moderate if needed. On the weekends, I get outdoors and do my hiking/biking/outdoor stuff. So, I don't post as much. But I think that's important to have other things to do and take a slight break here and there. In my younger days, I practically lived on my forums.
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What topics are off-limits on your community?
I'm open to anything, really. I won't allow adult-rated stuff or anything illegal. Politics and religion are fine as long as people act responsible about it. I usually won't reply to those posts but sometimes I get an itch and do it, LOL. I used to be very political - nowadays, I really try to be apolitical.
- IRC
- Hello everyone!
- IRC
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What’s annoying you today?
That's my curse, brother!
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Deal or no Deal: Shawn Gossman
Decline offer
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Deal or no Deal: Shawn Gossman
11,12,14,15,19
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Secrets to Cultivating Long-Term Loyalty in Online Communities
Loyalty in online communities is important because it will advance your forum from a small community to a larger community used by people who want to be around each other. Loyalty is how you make a forum become an active community. Community is different than a forum. A forum is a platform, while community is people who resonate with one another and have relationships. How are you all building loyalty in your online communities?
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Why did you start using forums?
My first forum (phpBB1 and then soon after v2 after it got released) was about gothic culture. Please don't laugh. I was a weird teenager. LOL. I can't even remember what it was called. But I remember the phpBB2 theme was really cool. I also made a forum about WebTV tricks and secrets. But once I upgraded to an actual computer, I didn't stick with it for too long.