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Old 02-08-2007, 05:33 PM
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Get rid of the redundant forums. Political discussions always turn into debates. Get rid of the political debates category. Move the threads into one of the other forums.

Get rid of all the forums under the general political category. Leave only U.S. Politics and World Politics. No need to have a poll forum. I have one, but, my users prefer to post polls in the topics. My mods will move polls into the poll forum. If they didn't the poll forum would never be used. I have thought about removing it, but, since I have good mods I leave it.

I would also condense the Social Discussions. Consolidate them into one or 2.

Rewrite the forum descriptions if you do any of the above to better define what goes where.

If you leave the forum as is you'll have a hard time retaining new users if they sign up. Less forums makes the ones you have seem more active.
You can always add forums when the need arises. My debate forum started as one category with 2 forums. I've added as needed and since my users requested the forums they are all active.
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Old 02-08-2007, 07:09 PM
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I can see this turning into a flame topic ^^
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Old 02-09-2007, 10:21 PM
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Do this: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=138850 and then refuse to ever concede or agree, that will get people talking and keep them talking. I'm good at getting those topics rolling. At some point you can just step back and let it snow ball on its own.
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Old 02-24-2007, 02:22 PM
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Hi,

I run a fairly successful Political Forum - Basically I had a hard core group of 50 posters when I moved off EZBoard which kept the activity flowing when I moved it onto my own domain. The last 3 years I have concentrated on SEO, SEO and SEO. My site now ranks top 10 for current affairs in google.com and #2 for current affairs in google.co.uk

I am looking to give the site a complete overhaul though, so as it looks professional rather than a hobby site.

If you want to swap links, send me an email dave @ politicsandcurrentaffairs.co.uk

www.politicsandcurrentaffairs.co.uk

Dave
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Old 02-24-2007, 03:26 PM
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tell them you support abbortion and gay rights. that should work.

and you support gun control

those topics always get people to start talking and crying
Interesting Concept
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