Membership

[Reya]

So I have a roleplaying forum that's been running for about 4 months now, the background is that it continues off from our old forum (on Zetaboards) and that pretty much all of our members come from this board. We've had one or two people come from me advertising on here and elsewhere, but they've either taken a hiatus or just left after looking around for a bit. About five members currently participate in our chatbox and on the forum, and I'm unsure how to recruit new members that are not from our old forum successfully.

Are the numbers I've seen on my board typically for a site that's only been open for four months? Any advice on how to help this in general? Maybe you're experiencing the same problem? Basically, I want to talk about what's successful and what's not, when getting new people to join.

[kevinjs]

I would be more concerned about quality than quantity. My forum has attracted few people in the last six months, but those of us who meet there regularly have a very good rapport.

I don't know whether you need a particular number of members to make a success of role-playing. It's something I've never gotten into. Since my forum is solely about recorded music, numbers are not really of concern. We post what we are listening to, what we are going to buy and generally try to spend each other's money.

It seems that patience is key. Four months is not a huge amount of time when you are pretty well waiting for people to stumble across your corner of the net.

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[Reya]

Jul 26, 2019 18:25:11 GMT -8 kevinjs said:

I would be more concerned about quality than quantity. My forum has attracted few people in the last six months, but those of us who meet there regularly have a very good rapport.

I don't know whether you need a particular number of members to make a success of role-playing. It's something I've never gotten into. Since my forum is solely about recorded music, numbers are not really of concern. We post what we are listening to, what we are going to buy and generally try to spend each other's money.

It seems that patience is key. Four months is not a huge amount of time when you are pretty well waiting for people to stumble across your corner of the net.

Roleplaying with a limited amount of people can be a challenge, I must admit, because you're limited by how quick the other person can respond to your thread. That being said, I'm definitely certain the people on my forum right now are in for the long haul, some even helped me get the new forum started, with was an exhaustive over a half a year of work. That being said, it would be nice to get some new people. I'm currently taking steps to make the board more welcoming to outsiders, but most of my advertisements have passed on unseeing eyes, or so it seems.

[Beckea]

Yes I have to agree with kevinjs on the 4 months -- that is still not a whole lot of time. Usually it takes much longer to get to that point where the forum is active. Most times it takes 1 year or more to get a forum started. Also for me I also look to see if there are sections to just chat, introduce, or just general chatter or something that is not RP.

Also as it is a RP it may take longer or a lot of work on your part. For me I am not interested in those types of forums. So I tend to stay away. But that is another factor in this type of forum. You have to look and aim at potential members that have an interest in that and that is no easy task. Instead of aiming at just anyone you have to aim your ads and getting people to those that enjoy RP forums.

I would look at other RP that are successful and see what they are doing and not doing. What they may have that you don't have. But be patient because it is not easy to gain members. When you get them then the next step is to keep their interest up. That is not easy either. But look at others and see what they are doing.

You are not the only one that is having a difficult time in getting a RP forum up and going.

Good luck.

Take a look at this forum: support.proboards.com/board/9/roleplay-forums?