When to give up on a forum

**grim** · Mar 12th, 2008, 8:14 pm

Any indicators you would personally use to declare a forum dead and simply not worth it?

**Steve** · Mar 12th, 2008, 10:23 pm

when you've done everything you know and can afford to get it going.

**CreativeIdealist** · Mar 12th, 2008, 10:28 pm

When there is no life in it. No matter what you do to revive or entice people to it. You arent talking about WTF, are you dude?

**Colleen** · Mar 12th, 2008, 10:38 pm

Originally Posted by CreativeIdealist

You arent talking about WTF, are you dude?

Nope! :lep-smiley:

Unless he knows something I don't know.

**CreativeIdealist** · Mar 12th, 2008, 10:40 pm

I was going to be scared because even if I am not around as much. I still love this place

**Halobitt** · Mar 12th, 2008, 11:17 pm

Originally Posted by GRIM

Any indicators you would personally use to declare a forum dead and simply not worth it?

When you are essentially talking to yourself.

Originally Posted by CreativeIdealist

I was going to be scared because even if I am not around as much. I still love this place

What have you been up to CI? What has been keeping you from us?

**i13** · Mar 13th, 2008, 12:51 am

When you are given -50penality by google and there is no hope of receiving organic traffic whatever unique content you add !!!

**Autumn** · Mar 13th, 2008, 3:34 am

Maybe when you had no new signups for three months and guests viewing are getting lower and lower?

**sbksunil** · Mar 13th, 2008, 5:07 am

May be When the visitors stop posting and reading

**Web Gazelle** · Mar 13th, 2008, 7:55 am

Originally Posted by GRIM

Any indicators you would personally use to declare a forum dead and simply not worth it?

When your the only one who ever posts and your sick of trying to have conversations with yourself.

**WikicyloN** · Mar 13th, 2008, 10:14 am

when you buy paid posters and they don't stay around after you stop paying them

**Halobitt** · Mar 13th, 2008, 10:54 am

Originally Posted by Halobitt

When you are essentially talking to yourself.

Originally Posted by Web Gazelle

When your the only one who ever posts and your sick of trying to have conversations with yourself.

Or when people say the same things over and over again.

:tongue:

**CreativeIdealist** · Mar 13th, 2008, 11:16 am

Originally Posted by Halobitt

When you are essentially talking to yourself.

What have you been up to CI? What has been keeping you from us?

I have been trying to establish roots

**webster13045** · Mar 13th, 2008, 11:58 am

Grim i hope you are not talking about webmastergrabs because that forum has alote of potential

**grim** · Mar 13th, 2008, 12:13 pm

nope just basic discussion

**Big Dan** · Mar 13th, 2008, 4:51 pm

For me it's when the niche is over so over done that there any many other forums out there which follow the same structure and have the same members, and same posts. It's hard to carve an income out of that.

When the niche is so small that you cannot do much better that 100 or so recurring participating members and there isn't much room for expanding the topic coverage area.

This is of course if your goal is to maximize profit. If your forum topic is a passion or hobby then you set your own goals. You probably should look to at least break even though.

**Zap** · Mar 13th, 2008, 10:38 pm

The initial goal (the spark that drives a webmaster to setup, configure and create their forum) is what would help me decide when to call it quits. If the forum is still fullfilling the reason it was created, whether that reason be commercial or personal in nature, then it's still worth putting time and effort into.