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Originally Posted by FredIsMe
i have a forum, it makes jack shit. I just ask for donations and everyone always says "I would love to but I'm broke". How fuckin' sad is it that someone uses your site for all the free shit they want, yet they can't donate $10?
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Precicely. They came for FREE PORN. If they anted PAID porn they would have stayed on Google.
Since I run a bunch of forums like CJ, theforum, I work with around alliance of forum admins; weve done case studies and we'll all tell you the same. They don't make shit...
The first mistake is assuming they're
dumb surfers. Do a quick search for
"I'll never pay for porn" on GOOGLE and it will bring back millions of results from surfer forums. They are the Elite Squadron of surfers, and if you want their business, you're going to have to earn their loyaly. And right now, few of you have the capacity to think of 'surfers' as
real people.
Because,
In the end, a forum can hurt you more than it helps. Posters will come to blog and interact in the community with REAL PEOPLE, treat them like your bitch and they'll blast you. Treat them with kindness and they'll thell their friends- and as we all know, word of mouth is the best advertisement.
Which is why xlogger couldn't buy a bucket with his board. He's the
Worst Poster EVER. How he runs his mouth in GFY reflects his adminship. Who the fuck could take him seriously? No one. He's a dick. And that's not how you earn loyalty.
Overall, boards are not worth it, if you're in it for the money. I own/co-own (8) boards and
I love my people. Everytime I open a new board, they'll follow me. Because they love me too.
My latest board
Thyrium, has only been open for a couple months and we already have 1,500 users. By 2006, it will probably be ranked in the mid 20's on Big-Boards- and my sites fucking suck.
Geocities > MySites, lol.
My my sites don't make my community. And world take over is next.