Each of us, as community owners, had to start somewhere, and along the way of learning how to build up and run a community, we have made mistakes and even not been aware of some things we were doing wrong, or even missing out on doing when we started our first community.

What is one thing you wish you knew before you started a community? Have you learned from any mistakes?

Trying to copy a successful forums approach in the past when times have moved on and things that worked back then just don’t work today

On Oct 18, 2026, Jigsaw said:

Trying to copy a successful forums approach in the past when times have moved on and things that worked back then just don’t work today

This is one I see many community owners fall for, and I will admit I have done it myself in the past.

Things really have changed a lot over the years, and I really feel now that focusing on my own ideas and such is much better than trying to copy the success of others.