Jason76

On my own forum, I've made some posts with links to free and paid themes and mods. I didn't need to do much research because I'm very familiar with the links.

In these situations, you might have to go it alone, but I understand the arguments of why people won't allocate time.

I've had frustration with free software before, though, but with enough DIY you can overcome. For instance, recently I installed a phpBB 3.2 math notation mod on a 3.3 version.

Any of that stuff is good, but it takes a lot of hard work to look up the links and even more time to make them from scratch.

I'm all for encouraging high standards, but as [mention=48]Nomad[/mention] quoted, it's a good idea to respect people's choices, and the stuff touted as superior isn't always what it seems to be.

I was cheated on Flippa, the website selling platform, by some guys all in on a scam. They were all giving good ratings to a seller, making it falsely appear that the website had value.

Yeah, making the web development material very useful isn't easy, but would give your forum an edge.

The only good use I can think of is for doing business transactions. You want to be able to trust whoever you're dealing with (forum posts, web development work etc.).

That way of thinking is common with many, I guess you call it "Keeping up with the Joneses.". It might be called other stuff outside the US.

I don't really like it, but on forums where nobody comes to, it might be an option (but maybe not). Note: I want to keep an atmosphere of things being alive as much as I can.

Sites that are cluttered with ads can be a big turnoff. It especially would be a turn-off if the ads are pop-under or pop-up ones.

When considering hiring, people everywhere have a family to feed, or they have to feed themselves.

Welcome to the forum. Feel free to mention any hobbies if you want.

Are you calling me a cheapskate, lol?

Well, I don't mind people using AI to jog the brain for ideas, but the post should sound like the person wrote it, not the New England Journal of Medicine, lol.

I don't know any cost-effective ideas that are ethical, aside from finding a VPS on the cheap or something. Well, on 2nd thought, if I was truly ethical, I might hire some US citizen to do forum posting, but I'd have to pay him/her around $15 dollars an hour due to the cost of living. What forum owner could really budget that salary allocation?

Well, I mentioned two strong drum forums in a previous post, and this one would also work. Basically, strong forums have so much good stuff going on, that they can't be easily broken.

I want to know if the person writing is an AI bot. If that's the case, fine, but if it is not, then I see the person as being lazy. I mean, come on, I know a lot of people cannot write like a college textbook, that sounds so fake, lol.

Some fake news is good for laughs. I suppose there can be a warning label on it, just like with AI photos or something.

I'd say it would be all of it. For instance, I'm going to list two strong forums, and you can judge for yourself. Drummer World Forums DrumForum.org - Forums

I don't really have time to fact check what people send in. Anyway, I wouldn't know what the truth was, lol. I mean, these days it's impossible to filter out any news I think.

I haven't tried to use social media for traffic, but it's an excellent idea for the future. In fact, most people are on social media, so it's a no-brainer.

One easy way to get more credibility is posts with links from established websites in the niche. Anyway, you must remember to comment on the links in the post, not just add the link, or you could encourage a situation for other people to post about the link.

I don't care about anonymous screen names. in fact, it might be a good idea for safety concerns. Anyway, though, I do want them to at least be a member; I don't like guest posting. I don't have guest posting on my forums.

All forum software that I've ever heard of has private messaging. I don't see the big deal, and if there is harassment, then the victim should report it so disciplinary or banning action can take place.