On the one hand, they are pretty much exactly what I want these forums to be. They cover a large number of forums or topics, they're well-established, they've got thousands of users...they're providing an alternative to the social media giants out there (and so many posts on those giants are dedicated to pointing out the many problems that they have). All the forums seem to be getting regular or semi-regular traffic.
On the other hand, they seem to have a problem with spam and just generally lunk-headed users...a perusal of some topics like medicine and football reveals a few racists, quite a few ranters who can't spell correctly, and some goofy, single-issue ones who punctuate EVERYTHING they SAY in ALL CAPS and overuse EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!
I've been toying with the idea of just deleting everything because only a few people are on here, but then again, part of the idea of making this was that I didn't really care for the opinions of a large number of people out there. In the end, I would rather get the good people that I've gotten than ten times as many ranting yobs.
That said, now I have to reach those people and get them coming back...I do believe there is likely a tipping point where we reach critical mass and it starts "rolling" on its own, but I'm not certain what or how many would do that.
So...looking for clues.
The stuff he's mentioning is not anything special: he promoted on ProBoards, got members from affiliates; it happened gradually. And to be honest, it's a good board, but I don't see anything special in content.
