Would you ever give up on your forum?

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December 12, 2012, 1:46 am

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Do you ever have days when you feel discouraged over being a forum owner; such as when posts or traffic are down? Or, maybe you hoped the revenue from the forum would be better? How do you deal with discouragement over forum ownership?

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Caitlin

Caitlin

Sometimes, I wonder if my blog will ever earn money. But, then again, I'm not blogging to earn money. But I don't mind if it becomes an income source. I don't want my readers to think I'm just doing this for the money though.

13 years ago

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Ethan

Ethan

I would not drag out an unsuccessful forum for too long as it could actually end up costing you more money than you have invested.

13 years ago

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Miken34

Miken34

If it were not going where I wanted it to and it just was not worth the time that I was putting into it, then I might be apt to give it up and do something else.

13 years ago

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Keith

Keith

no id never leave, just keep going. i had to take a site down after 7 years, it wasnt fun

After putting so much time into a site, your heart must have been really invested. Not to mention all the money you spent keeping the domain paid and up to date yearly.

13 years ago

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Wayne

Wayne

I'm not looking forward to the day when I might have to shut down my forum. It's one of those things in the back of my head that I know could happen but I figure that if I don't focus on that aspect of things and instead concentrate on things I can do to make the forum a success, then it will most likely turn out well. I might be prepared for the worst but I'm not going to act like it's going to happen.

13 years ago

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Justin

Justin

There will be down days when you don't have the energy to deal with your forum and on those days you could simply show up and make an appearance even if you can't think of much to say. Think of your forum members first and what it's like when the forum owner is not around.

13 years ago

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Ashlyn

Ashlyn

I would feel guilty leaving everyone, especially after begging some of my closest friends to be there. It would feel like a betrayal.

13 years ago

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Corzhens

Corzhens

I know that the hardest days of the forum owner is when the boards are getting quieter and quieter which means the community is not active anymore. My husband had experienced that in the forum of their office website. He had to seek the help of friends to revive their forum because he said that getting new member for a new forum is easier than getting new members for an old forum. Fortunately the forum was revived after several months of hard work.

9 years ago

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