December 20, 2005

How to cheat at forums

Are you starting an online forum (phpBB or such). Need to achieve "critical mass" Check out these people: PostOnMyForum From their website:
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They have several plans starting from $35 (1-20 new users and 100 new posts) all the way through to $285 for 5-50 new users and 1,000 new posts. Clever idea actually! I am starting a forum specific to our local geographic area and the initial user sign-up is glacial although I know there is a lot of interest. Having a critical mass of 30-40 online users would motivate a lot of the Guests to register and participate. Posted by DaveH at December 20, 2005 1:49 PM