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I run just over 300 forums, for a monthly audience of 275k active users I can't imagine one person running over 300 forums with 275,000 active users. That giv
by reaperducer 2y ago
I run just over 300 forums, for a monthly audience of 275k active users
I can't imagine one person running over 300 forums with 275,000 active users. That gives you an average of eight minutes a week to tend to the needs of each one.
I used to run a single forum with 50,000 active users, and even putting 20 hours a week into it, I still didn't give it everything it needed.
I know someone currently running a forum with about 20,000 active users and it's a full-time job for him.
I don't understand how it's possible for one person to run 300 forums well.
- prmoustache 2y agoHe is running the infra and maintain the code. Each of those forums have their own moderators. They are basically his customers. I think what he fears is he has no control on how these individual forums moderate their content and how liable he would be as the hosting admin.
- ArchOversight 2y agoOp uses they/them pronouns.
- prmoustache 2y agoSorry, genuine mistake. I haven't seen mention of their pronouns.
- squigz 2y agoWith 1 or 2 competent mods, a forum can be very low-maintenance.
- reaperducer 2y agoWhen I was running the 50,000 user forum, I had five. Mods are great, but I still can't grok 300+ forums all being done well. He'd need hundreds of mods.
- squigz 2y agoI seriously doubt a large portion of those 300+ forums have tens of thousands of users.