I’m perplexed how many people contribute to a forum but don’t seem to actually value any of the professionally created content
For me, I find more interesting/relevant stuff in other places - including the forum.
then expect to be rewarded for sharing their opinions.
Rewarded? I'm not aware that anyone is looking to be rewarded for using the forum. It's the sharing of opinions on this forum that draws in the number of users, that makes the advertisers pay to advertise to us and all of that keeps the magazine afloat. I guess the question for you is - how much more would you be willing to pay for that professionally created content if the forum wasn't subsidising it?
Yeah it misses the point completely doesn't it, if your putting ads in the forum or charging for no ads then it's there to make cash/fund something. The content people provide by arguing and being helpful generates income for STW.
If it doesn't work well (except on Dracs Ipad) then people will get pissed off.
I don’t know offhand who I’m actually replying to here, I’d have to scroll back to check your username
Only 'cause there isn't a working quote function. 😀
If all that is wanted is a forum, it's pretty easy to set one up.
The reason that singletrack has managed to live for this long is (imo) the forum.
It's actually a great place with mostly down to earth conversations about, well, everything. The main reason it lives is the core user base.
If enough people leave there will be less content generated, meaning it's more boring for the people who stay, who then leave, and so on.
FWIW I think what the stw guys are doing is the correct thing to do. I've been a magazine subscriber in the past for a year or two. The magazine really is great I should really subscribe again, but the main reason I come here is for the forum tbh.
If it doesn’t work well (except on Dracs Ipad) then people will get pissed off.
Well what fun - now all the threads show "1 post" with random-ish freshness
Back doing the “disappearing on refresh” thing again....
Well what fun – now all the threads show “1 post” with random-ish freshness
There was a database error yesterday morning which is why some could not see the link to the forums.
If it doesn’t work well (except on Dracs Ipad) then people will get pissed off.
Yeah, it's not just me it works for but you know that,
