Community/forum site today

[Master Oogway]

Hello good people of BHW. I'm planning to build a community website/forum. how effective it is today? need advice and help to run it succesfully/ thanks.

 

[blackbeans]

Unless you already have a solid source of traffic who would follow you to your community or you have a BRANDED niche social media profile with an existing audience, FB groups would be the better way to go.

FBG is sucking the life out of traditional forums

 

[jack121400]

This would be very difficult unless you have a lot of time and money to invest in the site or are already an authority on the subject.

 

[LikePusher]

Hi! It will take a lot of time and helpers to keep the site working)
At first come up with the idea of the site

 

[elfleader1214]

Hello good people of BHW. I'm planning to build a community website/forum. how effective it is today? need advice and help to run it succesfully/ thanks.

Do you have a following on social media related to the comunity niche or connections to anyone that does? That would be your best way to drive traffic.

 

[Billy Batts]

Imo fbg fucking sucks compared to a good forum, at least for me it does for several reasons.

Often for one niche you have to join multiple groups for subniches.

Unless you are 24/7 inspecting all your groups it's impossible to see what you missed or find stuff back or scrolling through new topics is just chaos.

For a niche I prefer a good forum over fbg any day.

 

[SocialManager]

Once you get everything set up, you need to be pumping content in to it yourself like a machine. If you start to get some organic users, offer them moderator status and even some money if they invite new users or use the site every day.

Edit:

Is this more like Craigslist or more like Reddit?