How to get active members for my forum? / myLot

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May 3, 2010 8:16am CST

Hello everyone, I would like to know what are good ways to get active members for my forum. I say active because whenever I try to get members, they post a few times, then they never post again. I have tried getting family and friends to join, they do, but its the same thing. They never post more then a few times and I have to keep asking them to post. I always respond to the posts, trying to keep them active, but that does not seem to work either. It is really disheartening that all that work I put into my forum is wasted because no one uses it. I just want it to be a nice place to talk, like here in MyLot. So what do you say everyone, got any advice?

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (173140)

• Boise, Idaho

3 May 10

Welcome to the real world! I have tried to get referrals and active members to read my blogs or articles. I had the same thing happen to me. I finally gave up on the referrals and blogs. I just check out sites that are mentioned on here or that I find out about elsewhere. If I like them I become a member and put my information about recent articles in my profile. I keep these sites updated.

@Darkoli (255)

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3 May 10

Yea, that's what I am trying to do now, I am asking and searching for sites that I can go to that may give me active members. If there not active I don't really want them, there's no point. We should both keep trying. Remember, never give up. =P

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (173140)

• Boise, Idaho

3 May 10

Ya, good luck!

Darkoli

@Darkoli (255)

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3 May 10

Thank you, good luck to you too. =)

Porcospino

@Porcospino (31365)

• Denmark

3 May 10

I have been a member of a lot of different forums and I have also had my own forum, and there always seems to be a huge group of inactive members who only post a few times, so I think it a common problem. I know that some people have tried to get more activity by offering money to the active members. I am not sure if this a good solution, and I haven't done it myself. On my own forum I simply tried to get more activity by posting a lot of different discussions, responding to the posts etc, but I had the same problem as you.