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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 11, 2014 23:44:00 GMT -5
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Post by Suzy on Feb 12, 2014 3:21:23 GMT -5
No but it's a great idea!
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Post by Alan Petersen on Feb 12, 2014 13:35:12 GMT -5
I've thought about it. It's easy to install, but to get things going on a forum is tough. If I set one up it would be a ghost town, but it is something I would consider if I become more popular. Keeping your readers on your site's own forum is genius versus keeping them engaged on someone else's sandbox like Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook.  |
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 12, 2014 13:38:26 GMT -5
I've thought about it. It's easy to install, but to get things going on a forum is tough. If I set one up it would be a ghost town, but it is something I would consider if I become more popular. Keeping your readers on your site's own forum is genius versus keeping them engaged on someone else's sandbox like Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook. This is sort of what I was thinking, Alan. I'd feel lame if I started one and nobody came. But if people did start talking to one another, they way they are doing a teensy bit on my Am author page, that would be fantastic. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2014 13:50:29 GMT -5
I love forums, but I think that it would be pretty empty if you weren't as big as someone like Hugh. But you could do something like a cbox. You'd just have to keep a close eye on it for spam. |
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Post by vrabinec on Feb 12, 2014 14:05:33 GMT -5
but to get things going on a forum is tough. Dude, one word: sock puppets. |
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Post by Suzy on Feb 12, 2014 15:04:20 GMT -5
I'm just thinking: Who'd want to discuss my books? And: trolls. And: time. And effort. And: embarrassment if nobody came.
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 12, 2014 15:08:32 GMT -5
I'm just thinking: Who'd want to discuss my books? And: trolls. And: time. And effort. And: embarrassment if nobody came. Yeah, all that. Plus spam. The cbox application looks interesting, though, lynn -- thanks! Do you know any authors who use it? |
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Post by Alan Petersen on Feb 12, 2014 15:17:33 GMT -5
I'm just thinking: Who'd want to discuss my books? And: trolls. And: time. And effort. And: embarrassment if nobody came. Yeah, all that. Plus spam. The cbox application looks interesting, though, lynn -- thanks! Do you know any authors who use it? Many moons ago I setup a forum, I can't even remember what it was about, but this before Facebook, Twitter, and all that. Anyway, sure enough no one visited and it fizzled off. I forgot all about it, but it was still up and running. A year or two later I get an email notification that I'm about to run out of bandwidth in the domain that I had the forum. I thought it was a mistake since the forum was dead. Well porn traders found it and they were using to post their porn pictures. And I'm talking about really hardcore stuff that would even make Fred blush.  It was crazy. I had to delete the entire domain to get rid of it. So yea, if you leave it alone, the spammers and worse will find you. |
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Post by Suzy on Feb 12, 2014 15:21:17 GMT -5
Yeah, all that. Plus spam. The cbox application looks interesting, though, lynn -- thanks! Do you know any authors who use it? Many moons ago I setup a forum, I can't even remember what it was about, but this before Facebook, Twitter, and all that. Anyway, sure enough no one visited and it fizzled off. I forgot all about it, but it was still up and running. A year or two later I get an email notification that I'm about to run out of bandwidth in the domain that I had the forum. I thought it was a mistake since the forum was dead. Well porn traders found it and they were using to post their porn pictures. And I'm talking about really hardcore stuff that would even make Fred blush. It was crazy. I had to delete the entire domain to get rid of it. So yea, if you leave it alone, the spammers and worse will find you. PORN???  Hard core? I hope we don't get any of that here!!!!!!!!!!! There is something called an Akismet key you can apply to block spam. But I'm only in first grade when it comes to running a forum. I'll see if I can find out though... |
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Post by whdean on Feb 12, 2014 15:22:00 GMT -5
I gotta think "ghost town" is what mine would look like.
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Post by Suzy on Feb 12, 2014 15:23:32 GMT -5
I gotta think "ghost town" is what mine would look like. Mine too. With tumbleweed. |
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Post by Alan Petersen on Feb 12, 2014 15:30:45 GMT -5
Many moons ago I setup a forum, I can't even remember what it was about, but this before Facebook, Twitter, and all that. Anyway, sure enough no one visited and it fizzled off. I forgot all about it, but it was still up and running. A year or two later I get an email notification that I'm about to run out of bandwidth in the domain that I had the forum. I thought it was a mistake since the forum was dead. Well porn traders found it and they were using to post their porn pictures. And I'm talking about really hardcore stuff that would even make Fred blush. It was crazy. I had to delete the entire domain to get rid of it. So yea, if you leave it alone, the spammers and worse will find you. PORN??? Hard core? I hope we don't get any of that here!!!!!!!!!!! There is something called an Akismet key you can apply to block spam. But I'm only in first grade when it comes to running a forum. I'll see if I can find out though... I would think Proboards keeps an eye for that stuff too, so that's a little more protection. |
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Post by Suzy on Feb 12, 2014 15:32:51 GMT -5
PORN??? Hard core? I hope we don't get any of that here!!!!!!!!!!! There is something called an Akismet key you can apply to block spam. But I'm only in first grade when it comes to running a forum. I'll see if I can find out though... I would think Proboards keeps an eye for that stuff too, so that's a little more protection. So far, all we got was the occasional spammer selling kitchens. But not that often. I hope Proboards can protect us from anything worse. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2014 15:52:03 GMT -5
I'm just thinking: Who'd want to discuss my books? And: trolls. And: time. And effort. And: embarrassment if nobody came. Yeah, all that. Plus spam. The cbox application looks interesting, though, lynn -- thanks! Do you know any authors who use it? I don't know any authors that use it, but I know a lot of sites that use it. I'm not sure it's well known outside of certain communities. |
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 12, 2014 16:50:55 GMT -5
Yeah, all that. Plus spam. The cbox application looks interesting, though, lynn -- thanks! Do you know any authors who use it? I don't know any authors that use it, but I know a lot of sites that use it. I'm not sure it's well known outside of certain communities. Huh. Well, something to keep in mind! It'd be pretty fun to have a busy forum and watch readers speculate on your books. You can do that a little by by looking at public Kindle comments. |
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Post by Alan Petersen on Feb 12, 2014 21:56:29 GMT -5
I would think Proboards keeps an eye for that stuff too, so that's a little more protection. So far, all we got was the occasional spammer selling kitchens. But not that often. I hope Proboards can protect us from anything worse. |
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Post by Daniel on Feb 13, 2014 11:41:23 GMT -5
I've run several forums before, and I like the idea of engaging with readers in my own sandbox. However, if readers were interested in discussing my books on a public forum, they'd already be doing it somewhere. They aren't. That leads me to conclude that I don't have a large enough audience to make such a project worthwhile. If I ever do find that readers want to discuss my books, I might reconsider. For now, I've got enough other things to work on.
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Post by Pru Freda on Feb 13, 2014 12:14:55 GMT -5
Hell's teeth, I can't even get people talking about my books on my Facebook page - what chance they'd do so on a website forum? I have 64 like on FB - not all of them known to me (and some decidedly dodgy ones) - and I can't seem to get any engagement going. I ask questions and they're ignored. I post comments that people turn a blind eye to, and links that no one clicks. Sometimes I think I'm just talking to myself.  |
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 13, 2014 12:15:00 GMT -5
if readers were interested in discussing my books on a public forum, they'd already be doing it somewhere. Good point! |
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