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Tweet Topic Started: Jun 27 2005, 09:08 PM (1,312 Views)
Das	Jun 27 2005, 09:08 PM Post #1
Smells of rich mahogany Posts: 7,114 Group: Members Member #34,712 Joined: November 10, 2004	By me at IF Resouce: Quote: Step1: Don't use abbreveations. Abbreveations show a lazy admin. Step2: Don't have a catagory with only one or two things. Have atleast three items per catagagory. Step3: Less staff equal good. Giving staff possions away is a good way to entice members at first, but later on it will come back to bite you. Less staff means a greater desire to become one. If it takes alot to be a staff member more members will want to be active, and good to show that they would be a good staff member. Not only does this keep users active, but it makes sure your staff are good quality. Step4: Don't change posts counts to 1000 if you have 100 posts. If every now-and-then you give a few members 5 more posts to make them seem active that is ok, but people with a 1000+ post count when the boaronly has 150 posts looks bad. Step5: [Removed: 'parently I am the only one who cares about grammar] Step6: Don't be the only one posting. If it is just you the admin posting people keep seeing admins all over the place and they can feel over-whelmed. Step7: Don't use alot of codes. They slow the board down and trun off experienced users.



Super Goku	Jun 27 2005, 09:12 PM Post #2
.Supperiority ∆ Posts: 1,815 Group: Members Member #32,495 Joined: October 14, 2004	Pretty cool, can I post this in my forum? I will give you all of the credit ofcourse.



black at heart	Jun 27 2005, 09:15 PM Post #3
Angel of death Posts: 102 Group: Members Member #57,993 Joined: June 17, 2005	in my forum people find it appealing for me to let them spam...is that bad



Anesthesia	Jun 27 2005, 09:15 PM Post #4
Wow. Just wow. Do you know what I'm refering to? Posts: 3,960 Group: Members Member #4,404 Joined: August 20, 2003	Very nice. Quote: Not only dose this keep users active, but it makes sure your staff are good quality. Is that in bold spelled righT? I know what you mean but it looks spelled wrong and for the life of me I can't remember how to spell it...



Postulate-ZNS	Jun 27 2005, 09:21 PM Post #5
I am, therefore I think: Descartes can shove it Posts: 1,427 Group: Members Member #57,890 Joined: June 16, 2005	You're rambling on about abbreviations and capitalization errors, and yet their entire explanation is full of spelling and grammar errors. No offense, of course, but that needs to be fixed. Quote: Setp3: Less staff equal good. Giving staff possions away is a good way to entice members at first, but later on it will come back to bite you. Less staff means a greater desire to become one. If it takes alot to be a staff member more members will want to be active, and good to show that they would be a good staff member. Not only dose this keep users active, but it makes sure your staff are good quality. I completely disagree with this. Setting up your board so that your members will want to be a staff member is totally immoral, and not very effective. Not only are you leading them on false hopes, but they are being active for all the wrong reasons. These tips are all very basic, and a lot of them skewed, so I just don't like them overall, sorry. :/



Kore018	Jun 27 2005, 09:23 PM Post #6
Member Posts: 74 Group: Members Member #55,440 Joined: May 25, 2005	I have tried everything to promote more members... but its failed..



Anesthesia	Jun 27 2005, 09:25 PM Post #7
Wow. Just wow. Do you know what I'm refering to? Posts: 3,960 Group: Members Member #4,404 Joined: August 20, 2003	Spelling Mistakes: Quote: Setp3: Less staff equal good. G...... Step 3 Quote: Not only dose this keep users active, but it makes sure your staff are good quality. Does



OcelotJay	Jun 27 2005, 09:50 PM Post #8
<3 mine [big]Miaow[/big] Posts: 11,056 Group: Members Member #20,669 Joined: June 5, 2004	Interesting post. Quote: Step5: Capitilization. Nothing bugs most people more than un capotilized names. If someone has thier name un capitalized do the follwing: ACP > Find/Edit/suspend Users > Find User > Change name to current name + a 's' then ACP > Find/Edit/suspend Users > Find User > Change name back to normal with capitalization. How many people will turn their nose up at a forum simply because members are lazy at capitalising their names? Maybe at an RP forum where the name is important but a username is simply that: a username. It holds little importance. I'd have thought admins who want to improve their forums have better things to do than capitilising names...especially since some people purposely don't capitalise their names. If you just do it without asking the user, it's a little rude just because you want everyone to be the same. :/ Some names look nicer without capitals. Besides, what you said is untrue and isn't backed by any real proof or logic. Quote: Nothing bugs most people more than un capotilized names. I can think of hundreds of other things that bug people more: downtime, bad members, annoying staff, admins being weird, bugs that occur, etc.



gamefreak11	Jun 27 2005, 10:04 PM Post #9
Arcade Coder Posts: 2,051 Group: Members Member #13,694 Joined: February 28, 2004 My Board URL http://arcade.thundercodes.com/index.php?act=idx	I don't find uncaptilized names annoying.. :huh:



huricane	Jun 27 2005, 10:21 PM Post #10
Member Posts: 9,544 Group: Members Member #23,669 Joined: July 7, 2004	I'm hated :'( *huricane runs off crying



Anesthesia	Jun 27 2005, 10:22 PM Post #11
Wow. Just wow. Do you know what I'm refering to? Posts: 3,960 Group: Members Member #4,404 Joined: August 20, 2003	aw huricane it's ok. I still like you



Das	Jun 27 2005, 11:22 PM Post #12
Smells of rich mahogany Posts: 7,114 Group: Members Member #34,712 Joined: November 10, 2004	Pojo June 27, 2005 06:21 PM I completely disagree with this. Setting up your board so that your members will want to be a staff member is totally immoral, and not very effective. Not only are you leading them on false hopes, but they are being active for all the wrong reasons. Why is making it so members want to become better a bad thing? If they are a truly good member it wont be false hopes, because they will be good enough to promote. Quote: How many people will turn their nose up at a forum simply because members are lazy at capitalising their names? Meant Admins and Staff. I make board like homework. On homework you not gonna' say "john and i walked to the store" Quote: I can think of hundreds of other things that bug people more: downtime, bad members, annoying staff, admins being weird, bugs that occur, etc. Miswording. Fixed. Quote: You're rambling on about abbreviations and capitalization errors, and yet their entire explanation is full of spelling and grammar errors. No offense, of course, but that needs to be fixed. My spelling is atrosish I give you that, but my grammar is generally good. If not I was in a hurry at the end of it :/ Quote: Pretty cool, can I post this in my forum? I will give you all of the credit ofcourse. Sure. Quote: in my forum people find it appealing for me to let them spam...is that bad If it is contained, no. Quote: Maybe at an RP forum where the name is important but a username is simply that: a username. Thoose are the boards I have run the most, and I hate bad grammar



Darkspeeds2	Jun 27 2005, 11:29 PM Post #13
Member Posts: 13 Group: Members Member #59,156 Joined: June 27, 2005	This information was great. I found it really useful.



SmartSquid399-ZNS	Jun 27 2005, 11:30 PM Post #14
$squid->owns($you); Posts: 199 Group: Members Member #43,455 Joined: February 2, 2005	No offense, but about half of this is un-true, and some of these steps depend on the forum.



Das	Jun 27 2005, 11:37 PM Post #15
Smells of rich mahogany Posts: 7,114 Group: Members Member #34,712 Joined: November 10, 2004	SmartSquid399 June 27, 2005 08:30 PM No offense, but about half of this is un-true, and some of these steps depend on the forum. Such as?



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