Retention Charter Membership

[Shawn Gossman]

I call it Charter Membership...You might call it Founding Member or something like that.

These are the first XX amount of members on your forum that are always active and engaging. It may not be all the first but more the first ones who remain active.

Do you do anything special for these members at all?

I always like to award 10 members with this and give them premium membership for life as the benefit.

How about you all?

 

[capnsquarepants]

No, I feel like it gives a false sense of superiority. Also because I was part of such a group in a very old admin forum (V7N). I was awarded a "mentor" title, and we had access to a private forum, it became our venting place. I was unfortunately also like that, and I hated it.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

No, I feel like it gives a false sense of superiority. Also because I was part of such a group in a very old admin forum (V7N). I was awarded a "mentor" title, and we had access to a private forum, it became our venting place. I was unfortunately also like that, and I hated it.

V7N... That brings back some memories!

Interesting take on this idea. I guess I never really thought about it that way. I always considered it to reward the first few who helped get things off the ground.

I never really looked at the negative part of it but now I am considering that!