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Fan Club for those who enjoy using the Forum Spark hosted platform.
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If you could change anything about Forum Spark, what would you change?
Latest by Lunelle ·
If you could change anything about Forum Spark, what would you change?
I have noticed that Forum Spark is becoming very popular in the forum world, and I will admit, from what I have seen, it does look like an amazing forum option for those who wish to start out a new forum, which I am currently looking into. I have seen so much about what people en...
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What is the most unsuccessful forum niche?
Latest by Jigsaw ·
What is the most unsuccessful forum niche?
The niche isn’t a problem as there’s fans of everything, it’s whether the owner can keep the community active by posting, new additions, etc etc.
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How many forums have you ran at once?
Started by Resting Witch Face ·
How many forums have you ran at once?
Nowadays, you sometimes see some forum owners who don't just own one forum, but they will instead run maybe two or more forums altogether.
Over the years, the most forums I ran at once were 3 at one time, and that was back when I had Chat Addicts and chose to move TV and Gaming...
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Investigative Process on Forums
Started by Shawn ·
Investigative Process on Forums
For my day job, I work in gaming surveillance. As part of my official duties, I perform investigations into control violations, criminal activity, money laundering, and fraud.Investigating is a very thorough process that requires you to be unbiased, withhold opinions, and really...
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How Do You Handle Quiet Periods in Your Community
Started by Maya ·
How Do You Handle Quiet Periods in Your Community
Every community experiences quiet periods, sometimes the quiet periodslasts few days, and sometimes it might last for weeks, even months. Sometimesthis is a temporary thing but sometimes it is a genuine problem. How do you distinguish a temporary dip from a genuine problem? What...
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Working on my own blog
Started by Shawn ·
Working on my own blog
I’ve started developing my own blog software.It’s actually a way to teach myself programming. So, it will be a slow process for sure.If I realize I like doing it, I might invent new blog software to start using and get away from WordPress.A good custom in-house blogging software...
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How Do You Keep Community Voice Consistent Across Platforms?
Started by Maya ·
How Do You Keep Community Voice Consistent Across Platforms?
Your forum might have a newsletter, Discord, Slack. social media accounts, and other channels. Do you think they should be identical, or should each platform have its own personality? How do you maintain recognizable branding without copying your brand visuals or voice everywh...
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What are the mistakes people make when it comes to forum niche?
Started by Henry ·
What are the mistakes people make when it comes to forum niche?
When it relates to forum niche or deciding the forum niche to launch the forum on, what are those mistakes that you can say that newbies should be made known of when they are about to launch a new forum? Which one have you made in the past?
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Dealing with Racism on Forums
Started by Shawn ·
Dealing with Racism on Forums
Have any of you ever dealt with racism on your forum?For forums that put a lot of emphasis on free speech, where does racism stand in terms of that speech?I will ban a racist, and I have rules against it. I’m proud to acknowledge that. IMO, racism doesn’t have a place in this wor...
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Do You Publish Sponsored Posts
Started by DigitalNomad ·
Do You Publish Sponsored Posts
Do you publish sponsored posts on your blog or forum? When you publish sponsored posts, do you clearly mark it as sponsored or advertorial? I maintain a couple of blogs and forums. I sometimes publish sponsored posts, especially on my blog, and when I do I mark it sponsored. How...
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Running a Forum is Difficult But is Very Enjoyable
Started by DigitalNomad ·
Running a Forum is Difficult But is Very Enjoyable
Running a forum is a difficult work but I find it highly enjoyable. Running a forum isn’t just about publishing posts, it also involves, SEO, GEO, AIO, Digital marketing (social media, email, ads), website management (technical works like UX, UI, speed optimization). These tasks...
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Premium Mods for MyBB Probably Helping
Started by Jason ·
Premium Mods for MyBB Probably Helping
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Do you hire paid posters on your forum for content?
Started by Resting Witch Face ·
Do you hire paid posters on your forum for content?
Something many forum owners do now is they will hire paid posters to create content on their forums. This can help a lot in building up content on a new forum, or in creating fresh content to keep the forum fresh and engagement high.
Do you hire paid posters on your forum for c...
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How did you get your first 100 members?
Started by Midnight Gremlin ·
How did you get your first 100 members?
Getting a new forum off the ground is one of the hardest tasks. The "empty room syndrome" deters real engagement, leaving most early traffic to bounce before ever registering.Once you hit 100 members - people who actually log in, create topics, and reply - the community usually s...
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Light mode vs Dark Mode - which performs better for user retention?
Started by Midnight Gremlin ·
Light mode vs Dark Mode - which performs better for user retention?
Theme choice is often treated as a simple aesthetic preference, but it can significantly impact how long visitors stay on your site and whether they return. While automatic system matching is common today, setting the default theme for first-time guest visitors still plays a huge...
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What's your favorite thing about Spark Promotion?
Started by Midnight Gremlin ·
What's your favorite thing about Spark Promotion?
I would love to hear what's everyone's favorite thing about Spark Promotion!For me it's the atmosphere and friendliness here. It's easy to find a connection with other members and make friends.
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Have you had success promoting your forum on Reddit?
Started by Sledgehammer ·
Have you had success promoting your forum on Reddit?
I’m curious to see if anyone here has had success promoting their forums on Reddit. I was able to get new members on Gex Forums when I reached out to the moderators of the subreddit. He even promoted the forum on the subreddit, and he recently promoted it again which I thought wa...
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