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Offline ANTON_UBER_ALLES

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D-I-Y
« on: July 10, 2009, 09:24:27 AM »
I have entertained the idea of starting a brand new Aspie Forum specifically as a RIVAL site to WrongPlanet. The thing is, there is the very real danger of it being a one man forum  :(.
But I'd like some input from you folks about what you think of my idea of SPAMMING WP and AFF, as well as the mailboxes of certain site members  in order to advertize my site?  :evillaugh:
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Re: D-I-Y
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2009, 09:26:36 AM »
Spamming won't work. You'll get people clicking the link to have a look, but hardly any of them will join and the ones who do will be unlikely to end up regular members.

The only way of successfully starting a forum as a "rival" to wp is if you already have plenty of members ready, ie you have a lot of friends from wp who would be prepared to post on YOUR site instead.

Otherwise, why would they bother going to a site with hardly any members and nothing new to offer?
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Re: D-I-Y
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2009, 09:34:30 AM »
Quote from: Sophosaurus on July 10, 2009, 09:26:36 AM
Spamming won't work. You'll get people clicking the link to have a look, but hardly any of them will join and the ones who do will be unlikely to end up regular members.

The only way of successfully starting a forum as a "rival" to wp is if you already have plenty of members ready, ie you have a lot of friends from wp who would be prepared to post on YOUR site instead.

Otherwise, why would they bother going to a site with hardly any members and nothing new to offer?

Thats actually a good point. Id have to gather all the exiles from WP and persuade them to join. As for spamming, Id have to spam WP so aggressively that the until the forums are cluttered nobody wants to post there anymore :green:.
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Re: D-I-Y
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2009, 09:42:05 AM »
Quote from: ANTON_UBER_ALLES on July 10, 2009, 09:24:27 AM
I have entertained the idea of starting a brand new Aspie Forum specifically as a RIVAL site to WrongPlanet. The thing is, there is the very real danger of it being a one man forum  :(.
But I'd like some input from you folks about what you think of my idea of SPAMMING WP and AFF, as well as the mailboxes of certain site members  in order to advertize my site?  :evillaugh:
Probably better that you send out a PM to sympathetic members, promoting it discretely over time. Though you need to gather an initial critical mass quickly, and ensure than critical mass contains the right people before you begin. Make sure you have the right aims for the site in mind, along with good uptime.
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Re: D-I-Y
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2009, 08:24:31 PM »
Another day, another ass burgers site :yawn:
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