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  1. InMyOpinion

    Team Building What strategies do you use to prevent cliques and division in your community?

    As a forum owner, one of my goals is to maintain a welcoming and inclusive space for all members. However, I’ve found that balancing this can be tricky, especially when different user groups naturally form around shared interests, professions, or experience levels. On my forum, I have different...
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    Case Study What are the most effective ways to collect feedback from your community?

    Feedback from your community is crucial for your forum success and running a successful forum means constantly improving and adapting based on what your members want because the members as well as the staff make or break the community. What is the best way to gather feedback from your community...
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    Should Moderators Be Paid for Their Work?

    As we all know, forum moderators put in A LOT of effort to keep the online communities safe, organized, engaging and active. They help the administrator(s) enforce the rules, manage disputes, remove spam and very often serve as the backbone of a forum's success. So, should they be financially...
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    Leadership Is Over-Engagement by Leaders Seen as Desperation?

    That is a very true observation that I didn't really think of. As a forum community grows and flourishes the administrator doesn't have to post as often for the forum to continue to be active, it's more whether or not they want to keep posting. Very good observation @CTS
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    Guidelines How do you handle the lifecycle of older content within your community?

    I would agree that if the necroposting is span then of course it would be an issue. However, I also agree with you that it's a good idea to keep the topics open for discussion and linking an old thread to a new thread so people can still feel like it's newer without getting rid of any of the...
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    Hellooo!

    Hi Guy! Welcome to Administrata! Oh dang Australia! That's cool, I'm from Canada. I look forward to seeing you around the forum, cheers and welcome again!
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    Closed February Site of the Month Contest - Time to Vote!

    Voted. Goodluck to all the contestants!
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    Leadership Is Over-Engagement by Leaders Seen as Desperation?

    Hey lovely members of Administrata! I’ve been wondering and thinking to myself—can forum leaders overdo it when it comes to engagement? Is there such a thing as too much involvement or too many posts? Some might say that if a leader is constantly in the spotlight, replying to every post, or...
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    Leadership Traits of an Effective Community Leader

    We've all been around a successful community leader and a community leader that isn't as successful. So what's traits do effective community leaders generally possess? When I think of a successful community leader I think of traits that really help drive a community forward. It's not always...
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    Engagement How do you measure the success of community events?

    We all know that contests and events can really help us keep our forum active and keep members interested in posting and being a part of the community. But how does one truly measure the success of a community event on their forum? So I'm curious, how do you measure success for your...
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    Guidelines How do you handle the lifecycle of older content within your community?

    Hello lovely members of Administrata! Most of you probably already know that I am a huge necroposter (someone who replies to old threads that have died down) But, I've been thinking a lot about how to manage older content in a way that keeps things fresh and useful without losing valuable...
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    Hi, I'm nextgen

    Hello @nextgen and welcome to Administrata! We are excited to have you join our community and look forward to seeing you around the forum. Cheers and welcome again!
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    Happy birthday Hulk

    Happy birthday Hulk! I hope you have an amazing day filled with love, laughter and fun!
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    General Managing a General Community

    Definitely keeping a general forum active and engaged can be a challenge, but as I've mentioned in other threads, I've found that consistency and community building make a huge difference. I've created a little list of what's worked for me in the past: 1. Regular posts & discussions. If you...
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    Engagement Do you like doing post exchanges?

    I used to genuinely enjoy doing post exchanges on other people's forums for the most part (some niches I wasn't as familiar with so it wasn't as exciting but I still enjoyed doing them). Now I would say I don't enjoy it as much because I'd rather be spending time on my own forum working and...
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    Foundation Sidebars - Yes or No?

    Sidebars can be handy and add to the forum if done correctly. However, I have seen on some forums that it becomes too crowded and junky looking. I think it can be great tool if done right though.
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    Staff Changes & Announcements

    Thank you!
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    Delegation Letting staff go - How and when should you do it?

    I find if it isn't in private it's pretty rude and unprofessional so doing it on the downlow is the best and only option.
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