Are my members trolls?

[smileysjm]

Dear all,

I wanted to follow up on the notion of 'trolls' on Forums and Boards.



Let me set the scene. I have set up a ProBoard and asked members to introduce themselves - Nothing new about this.



As I have over 30 members now, I would expect many of them to introduce themselves. Only 2 actual members have written anything. I have also sent a reminder on Friday that their accounts might be blocked if they do not write by today (Monday).

As the deadline has passed, what do you suggest I try?



Are these people trolls?



Is it cruel to be kind? I do not want members just sitting in this forum and not contributing. What do you do?

[Tumbleweed]

Aug 23, 2015 22:07:20 GMT -8 smileysjm said:

Dear all,

I wanted to follow up on the notion of 'trolls' on Forums and Boards.



Let me set the scene. I have set up a ProBoard and asked members to introduce themselves - Nothing new about this.



As I have over 30 members now, I would expect many of them to introduce themselves. Only 2 actual members have written anything. I have also sent a reminder on Friday that their accounts might be blocked if they do not write by today (Monday).

As the deadline has passed, what do you suggest I try?



Are these people trolls?



Is it cruel to be kind? I do not want members just sitting in this forum and not contributing. What do you do?

This isn't really the board for asking that kind of a question as it is for getting critiques of your site so I'm going to lock this thread. We have all kinds of topics and there is one specifically about trolls.

support.proboards.com/board/40/discussion-proboard

 But before I lock, it is very common for people to join and then never come back or lurk for a while before posting or lurk for a while and decide this isn't the site for them. I wouldn't consider them trolls at all and I'd also not be pushy about them posting either. Give them some time and maybe after a month disable their account. Totally up to you of course.