Displaying low membership in forums.

Gordon · 01-06-2008, 04:54 PM

Imagine you enter a discussion forum that is brand new and still has low membership, (say, less than 100.) Do you think displaying the number of registered members is an asset or a liability? Are people more eager to join a small community or a larger one?

UnKnown · 01-06-2008, 05:50 PM

When i join a board i don't pay attention to the members ..

I will read a few of the admins posts along with the moderators to try to get a feel of what their about.

Then if i feel i can contribute i will join

you can have 1 active member and 10,000 registered members and
If the board does not look active i wont join it

I think showing off registered members is somewhat like a bling bling

hostinggang · 01-07-2008, 01:03 AM

I don't really pay attention. I'd say the amount of posts/contribution going on by members is probably more important. If no one is talking, then I usually don't hang around unless there are specific topics I want to raise or I'm interested in on there.

Doomm · 01-16-2008, 04:46 PM

Me, I´m always paying attention on this... If I find there´s a small amount of members, topics and posts are made by paid posters (you can see it very quickly), I´m not very eager to join...

mars guitars · 01-16-2008, 04:59 PM

If you've got thousands of members then it might be good to boast about it, but I don't think its much help to say No. of members = 56. The only good thing is to encourage existing founder members to stay if they can see it growing... by regulars will gauge that anyway by the number of posts.

midlandi · 01-16-2008, 05:02 PM

Dont judge a Forum by its numbers, judge by the quality of the posts and the community spirit,a Form that has 10,000 members and very active can be filled with utter rubish.

01-06-2008, 04:54 PM	#1
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01-07-2008, 01:03 AM	#3
hostinggang Smurf Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 11	Re: Displaying low membership in forums. I don't really pay attention. I'd say the amount of posts/contribution going on by members is probably more important. If no one is talking, then I usually don't hang around unless there are specific topics I want to raise or I'm interested in on there. __________________ HostingGANG - Fast. Reliable. Friendly. http://www.hostinggang.com/

01-16-2008, 04:46 PM	#4
Doomm Smurf Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 33	Re: Displaying low membership in forums. Me, I´m always paying attention on this... If I find there´s a small amount of members, topics and posts are made by paid posters (you can see it very quickly), I´m not very eager to join...

01-16-2008, 04:59 PM	#5
mars guitars Junior Guru Contributor Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 742	Re: Displaying low membership in forums. If you've got thousands of members then it might be good to boast about it, but I don't think its much help to say No. of members = 56. The only good thing is to encourage existing founder members to stay if they can see it growing... by regulars will gauge that anyway by the number of posts. __________________ Guitar strings and accessories, Rotosound bass strings, Guitar Capos and Guitar Gifts from Mars Guitars UK . . . .under development.. guitar string guide

01-16-2008, 05:02 PM	#6
midlandi iWEBTOOL Moderator Contributor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,168	Re: Displaying low membership in forums. Dont judge a Forum by its numbers, judge by the quality of the posts and the community spirit,a Form that has 10,000 members and very active can be filled with utter rubish. __________________ Webmaster Resources & Forums SubmitterBot - Semi-automatic directory submission tool

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