importance of traffic on forums

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_noob_
_noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
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seriously, the more people are rude and sarcastic, the more stuff actually gets enough traffic to even see what you were complaining about in the first place.

Take out sarcastic peeps and you're left with a lifeless board nobody posts on.

KTHXBAI
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  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
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    HIBAI
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,198 Member
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    INORITE!
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
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    STFU




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  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,723 Member
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    *decided not to post to promote lifelessness*
  • thecanface
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    This!
  • _noob_
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  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
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    hi
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,841 Member
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    seriously, the more people are rude and sarcastic, the more stuff actually gets enough traffic to even see what you were complaining about in the first place.

    Take out sarcastic peeps and you're left with a lifeless board nobody posts on.

    KTHXBAI

    That and nude pictures are the crux of the Internet fad.
  • usmcmp
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  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
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    This is actually true. I know it was said tongue-in-cheek (or tongue-in-someone-else's-mouth, whatever the saying is).

    I used to help run a support forum for women. It was truly a lovely place. It was the sister site of a military spouses support forum which was fast and busy and loaded with arguments and disagreements, some drama, etc. Our site was designed for those who were no longer spouses and/or just needed some girlfriends. Despite having hundreds of members, maybe 30 of us posted regularly. We were all very BFF-like with each other. If we disagreed it was respectfully done, and most of the time ended nicely. What brings people around are the arguments. I loved our little love-fest. I still talk to most of these women. But we had zero drama to keep anyone interested and ended up having to shutter the place.

    That said, I can't stand these forums. But...I can't get enough of them.
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    Cute bunnies!
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,220 Member
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    This is actually true. I know it was said tongue-in-cheek (or tongue-in-someone-else's-mouth, whatever the saying is).

    I used to help run a support forum for women. It was truly a lovely place. It was the sister site of a military spouses support forum which was fast and busy and loaded with arguments and disagreements, some drama, etc. Our site was designed for those who were no longer spouses and/or just needed some girlfriends. Despite having hundreds of members, maybe 30 of us posted regularly. We were all very BFF-like with each other. If we disagreed it was respectfully done, and most of the time ended nicely. What brings people around are the arguments. I loved our little love-fest. I still talk to most of these women. But we had zero drama to keep anyone interested and ended up having to shutter the place.

    That said, I can't stand these forums. But...I can't get enough of them.

    If you want to see real mean people and drama drop by the discussion board on a pregnancy site. Those ladies are psycho.
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
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    seriously, the more people are rude and sarcastic, the more stuff actually gets enough traffic to even see what you were complaining about in the first place.

    Take out sarcastic peeps and you're left with a lifeless board nobody posts on.

    KTHXBAI

    QFT!
  • rduhlir
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  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
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    If you want to see real mean people and drama drop by the discussion board on a pregnancy site. Those ladies are psycho.

    true story...

    while my wife was posting on the bump somebody posted about taking their child out of their carseat during a trip to calm them down on a long trip. Another poster became an internet detective and actually reported that poster to their nearest child protective service.

    **** got weird from there.
  • Barbellerella
    Barbellerella Posts: 1,838 Member
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    IN for CTFU
  • super_J73
    super_J73 Posts: 257 Member
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    If you want to see real mean people and drama drop by the discussion board on a pregnancy site. Those ladies are psycho.

    true story...

    while my wife was posting on the bump somebody posted about taking their child out of their carseat during a trip to calm them down on a long trip. Another poster became an internet detective and actually reported that poster to their nearest child protective service.

    **** got weird from there.

    Don't mention breast feeding vs formula feeding, people go ape **** over that!!

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