99.99% of content on most forums is horrible

[C Braithwaite]

Originally Posted by DChapman

An interesting discussion for some? Sure. Quality content? A couple posts were pretty good. Worth submitting to Digg or Synergy for the world to see? No.

well i enjoyed reading, inspired me to write a topic, and submit it to the synergy queue

[Snake]

Originally Posted by C Braithwaite

does this thread count as quality content?

Haha that's an interesting question for real!

Originally Posted by DChapman

An interesting discussion for some? Sure. Quality content? A couple posts were pretty good. Worth submitting to Digg or Synergy for the world to see? No.

Why do you think you are creating those content/threads for? Isn't that for the world to see it and get information?

Or better yet, why exactly do you have your site created? Isn't that because to show the whole world about it and what kind of information you've got?

I think this thread is pointless and there's nothing to discuss about it.

[devilsown]

Yea, my content is lackig my self.

[pcoskat]

Originally Posted by C Braithwaite

does this thread count as quality content?

Not (imo) by the definition posted earlier. What's more, the title has no basis in fact.

"Quality" is in the eye of the reader, not necessarily the site admin, or a visitor who is not in my target market (who thinks the content is 'horrible').

Just because something isn't RELEVANT to a visitor, doen't mean it isn't of QUALITY.

[PoetJA-1975]

hmmm - one thing about running a writing site is that the content is always "original" ---- quality I suppose is in the eye of the beholder.... Speaking of which great joke I just posted ------> https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...57#post1182457

Jacquii.

[Orcun]

David,

Ur actually the best VB forum owner that asks the right questions and do the work.
I have thought about like that before. Thanks for the thread.

[Mr Pink]

We want people posting quality content, I think.

[Kohhal]

But it's not just about content is it? What about creating a community?

[Brandon Sheley]

I think the content on my site is Very good quality.. I delete all post and threads that are just BS and SPAM..
I myself post 1 - 2 quality threads a week, as well as many post answering questions
Plus we have some helpful members helping and posting too..
I'd say my ratio of content is good

but you have to let your members have fun on your forum too.. Sometimes a "poor" post is made as far as content is concerned.. If you just want quality content, MAKE A BLOG !

You have to have some fun on forums too, thats why the interaction is so enjoyable on the forums.

[The Coldwood]

Originally Posted by DChapman

Content is king, right? Then why, as forum owners, do we not create quality content? We spend weeks working on the SEO of our forums or buy neat software like vBSEO, but for what? So the search engines can find our CRAP easier? Your forum might be well optimized, but there are thousands of well paid and VERY smart engineers at Google making sure that the crap our forums produce stay at the bottom of the search results.

I'm guilty of this myself and came to the realization last night. I own a Big-Board and was looking for quality content other people around the internet might be interesed in reading. I quickly came to understand that my forum produces maybe one quality thread per week.

As forum owners, we need to get back to the basics. We must start producing quality content.

That's why you should make your forum an extension of your existing site.