10-09-2018, 09:52 AM
Hi Doug,
I can't help but think you're thinking too much into it, hence I've gotta put my 2 bobs worth in.
Forums are a resource used to post or look up information and thankfully, not here, troll. A forum shouldn't be looked at by how many messages are posted or how many users have logged in for the day.
I'm an admin on a website and actually pay for the domain name (not radio related). There hasn't been a new user logged in for months or a new post for the same period. It doesn't concern me as it's there for the people that want it. It can have up to 24 logged in at a time and rarely none. Do they post? not a chance. I know of other forums in the same situation.
With the packet and telephone BBS I used to run from the early 80's. I originally looked at how many messages, other BBS's I forwarded to and throughput of traffic. In the end, if it was stable and had no failures, that was all I was after.
I can understand when one sets up a new "baby" and can hardly wait for people to find it and use it, but at the end of the day, you can't make people use it. You're better off having quality posts over quantity.
Setting up systems of a software or hardware/radio/electronic nature is a benefit to yourself through the experience gained, the grey hairs you've earned and the benefit someone will gain when they have the inclination to use the end result of your time etc.
No-one thanked me for running the BBS at the time, but quite a few complained when I shut it down 12 or so years later. You do it for yourself because you enjoy doing it, whether it's a challenge or the experience gained and whoever else derives benefit from it, great.
As Damien mentioned, let it just run and enjoy.
73 de Peter
VK2EHQ
I can't help but think you're thinking too much into it, hence I've gotta put my 2 bobs worth in.
Forums are a resource used to post or look up information and thankfully, not here, troll. A forum shouldn't be looked at by how many messages are posted or how many users have logged in for the day.
I'm an admin on a website and actually pay for the domain name (not radio related). There hasn't been a new user logged in for months or a new post for the same period. It doesn't concern me as it's there for the people that want it. It can have up to 24 logged in at a time and rarely none. Do they post? not a chance. I know of other forums in the same situation.
With the packet and telephone BBS I used to run from the early 80's. I originally looked at how many messages, other BBS's I forwarded to and throughput of traffic. In the end, if it was stable and had no failures, that was all I was after.
I can understand when one sets up a new "baby" and can hardly wait for people to find it and use it, but at the end of the day, you can't make people use it. You're better off having quality posts over quantity.
Setting up systems of a software or hardware/radio/electronic nature is a benefit to yourself through the experience gained, the grey hairs you've earned and the benefit someone will gain when they have the inclination to use the end result of your time etc.
No-one thanked me for running the BBS at the time, but quite a few complained when I shut it down 12 or so years later. You do it for yourself because you enjoy doing it, whether it's a challenge or the experience gained and whoever else derives benefit from it, great.
As Damien mentioned, let it just run and enjoy.
73 de Peter
VK2EHQ