discussion Has the Forum Culture Changed, or Is It Just Me?

[DomainDan]

For me it's less the AI part and more that nobody really replies to anyone anymore. Everyone drops their own little essay and leaves.

 

[BiggieBiggie is verified member.]

Maybe it’s nostalgia. Maybe the ecosystem has evolved. But compared to the earlier days, when membership required payment or invitation, participation seemed to carry more weight. Back then, entry was not automatic. You either paid to join or were invited. That barrier created friction. And friction created accountability.

could you please explain "pay to play" part? .. are we missing anything?

Hi

pay to play, refers to Ricado's quote above

imo...

 

[MapleDotsMapleDots is verified member.]

#1 certainly confirms my complaints to Helmuts and Admin about page dominant sales threads by same member

you can view "new posts" and see in action

On our Canadian site we limit members to 3 sales posts daily, we tell them they can combine many domains on one new thread but 3 total for sale threads per day.

It definitely does detract when one member posts dozens of for sale threads and hogs the New Post screen.

 

[MapleDotsMapleDots is verified member.]

As far as forums being dead....

Well, yes participation is down but visitors still come to view, I find a lot of them are coming from asking questions on AI and AI quoting the source as the forum.

When someone wants a resource on a specific topic Forums are the place to visit but what the problem is is that forums are trying to do too much and they are getting away from what brings people to them in the first place.

Namepros is a classic example, they are trying to be everything to everyone and instead of launching a NamePros Market Lander site they incorporate it into NamePros to boost the numbers and when that does not work they try something else.

Example: How many people remember... One account per user except if you get a Business account?

Well now they have a built in way to access up to 50 accounts!! Think about artificially inflating your member numbers allowing up to 50 user accounts per person

There is only so much one can say about domains without hitting a wall and adding thousands of users is just not possible. If you want to say you have reached a million users by duplicating thousands of accounts then more power to you but content drives a forum.

Spend time daily creating targeted content and the users looking for that content will find you.

 

[Nickz]

Well this particular forum is mainly for sellers.
So what do you expect? And does the forum do some marketing?

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

Well this particular forum is mainly for sellers.
So what do you expect? And does the forum do some marketing?

100% And, this is what keeps us relevant, needed and helpful

 

[DomainDan]

Yeah the search traffic point is the one people forget. A thread nobody answers today can still be what someone lands on from Google two years from now.

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

Yeah the search traffic point is the one people forget. A thread nobody answers today can still be what someone lands on from Google two years from now.

another reason to set the free forum signature with a link to your business

 

[accurate]

Would be good to separate out the Sales Threads from the Discussion Threads on the homepage.

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

Would be good to separate out the Sales Threads from the Discussion Threads on the homepage.

custom frontpages are coming this week the test is already complete at Acorn Domains.. @DNF Admin how is it cooking?

.. still some minor fixes to be done and then we are ready to do the same here.

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my current custom setup at Acorn:

1) moderation posts (visible to admins/mods only)
2) discussion posts only
3) sold domains

.. would love to have a marketplace section as well - currently there seems to be a bug for saving it.

 

[accurate]

Meant by default as it's annoying but up to you.

 

[DNF AdminDNF Admin is verified member.]

it is already here @Helmuts

 

[DNF AdminDNF Admin is verified member.]

We will remove it from the home page by default (sold reports)

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

it is already here @Helmuts

Nice!!!!

 

[MapleDotsMapleDots is verified member.]

custom frontpages are coming this week the test is already complete at Acorn Domains.. @DNF Admin how is it cooking?

I love Acorn Domains, it's a targeted forum doing exactly what it needs to.

It's unique, it's on point, has an excellent identity, and a good team running it.

I like DNForum a lot too but Acorn shows how to be niche and own the segment.

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

I like DNForum a lot too but Acorn shows how to be niche and own the segment.

100000000% Frank! I also think the same... there is a rare beauty in geo niche business forums

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

... and dn.ca is the 10/10 beauty, this is sure