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ZetaBoards Dying; Don't you think so?
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Daniel Jackson Mar 27 2009, 06:41 PM Post #21


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I know this doesn't account for all inactive boards with low membership populations...but our new RPG only has like 8 or 9 members, but all play multiple characters. Membership is low, but the board is very active. In addition, we are strictly a "Join by Invitation" only group. We see serious writers only so we'll never get very big membership-wise.

I know, too, that boards on Yuku/EzBoards draws a large number of people that do RPGs because of their multiple profile feature. It's a gem when you play ten characters in one RPG and need to switch from post to post.

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Nivexonix Mar 27 2009, 09:45 PM Post #22
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I've seen some loss in activity on ZetaBoards, but I think it also goes with the social networking craze. Plus, few administrators are able to get their forum started and maintain interest in it long enough to become successful, from what I've seen.
I agree. People love the idea of having a great forum, and some can really get started, but once what they've wanted comes true, hey sort of lose interest, and those few, or even one person that lose interest really hurt the board. If the passion is there, or at least the consistency in dedication and determination, a board should do just fine. Once people lose interest, there are no more new ideas, and that drains the community because everyone grows tired of the same old routine and posts.
I also noticed, in some cases, that once the root administrator leaves, the forum is done for. I don't see why, it is just as though the root controls the community though.
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Lakster37 Mar 31 2009, 06:49 AM Post #23
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I think it'll pick up over time. If you think about it, Zetaboards is still relatively new compared to Invisionfree, so the two can't really be compared, and since Zetaboards is free while pretty much every other decent forum software isn't... you can only expect a lot more Zetaboard "dud" forums. I personally love Zetaboards for forum hosting, and as long as they get enough money to keep going, I don't care who else uses it. B)
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Johnny Mullet Mar 31 2009, 09:58 PM Post #24
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I really love the Zetaboards software over IF and my board has been doing quite well for being only 7 months old. As stated before, it's up to the Admin to keep the board alive and active.
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Tony Apr 3 2009, 06:57 AM Post #25
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I also noticed, in some cases, that once the root administrator leaves, the forum is done for. I don't see why, it is just as though the root controls the community though.
You have to understand that we can't hand out root access to anyone who asks for it. What is there to stop someone from creating a temporary board; submitting a ticket stating the owner has left; having the acount reset; and then taking over the board and causing damage?

To prevent this we would need to investigate every ticket of that nature, and if we find the owner is still around does that not just waste our time? What we do now is inform users to contact the owner so we can discuss the possibility of transferring ownership.

There are only two to three of us active in support tickets at the moment, due to other members of staff having commitments. We're low as it is at the moment. Five have left; Eleven work, or are in education, or work and are in education; One doesn't exist; One has a family, and something else that will always take precedence over Zathyus in my view; and One (me) has no job, so has too much spare time.

Active boards need to tap in to the empty area of the network. And do it with grace. People take interest in something new.
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Nivexonix Apr 4 2009, 01:46 PM Post #26
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I also noticed, in some cases, that once the root administrator leaves, the forum is done for. I don't see why, it is just as though the root controls the community though.
You have to understand that we can't hand out root access to anyone who asks for it. What is there to stop someone from creating a temporary board; submitting a ticket stating the owner has left; having the acount reset; and then taking over the board and causing damage?

To prevent this we would need to investigate every ticket of that nature, and if we find the owner is still around does that not just waste our time? What we do now is inform users to contact the owner so we can discuss the possibility of transferring ownership.

There are only two to three of us active in support tickets at the moment, due to other members of staff having commitments. We're low as it is at the moment. Five have left; Eleven work, or are in education, or work and are in education; One doesn't exist; One has a family, and something else that will always take precedence over Zathyus in my view; and One (me) has no job, so has too much spare time.

Active boards need to tap in to the empty area of the network. And do it with grace. People take interest in something new.
I think you misunderstood my comment. It wasn't meant as a criticism of Zathyus Staff, but rather the construction of many forums that I visit. There always tend to be a lead administrator, who almost always holds the root account. Once that administrator leaves though, the forum is left with other "leaders" who really seem to lose touch with the community. I guess I could use the Theme Zone and Locke as an example. Once Locke leaves, I think a large portion of the forum will be gone because of how long he has been an administrator on the forum.

I agree though, people do need to tap into the empty areas of the foruming community. It is hard to do, but it seems like it would pay off.

@Lakster37: I think that the age argument is bad. IPB had a major change from IPB 2 to the new 3 series (still in Beta). It's not the EXACT same thing, but it is still the idea of transitioning to a new software. Think about it. IF has, what, about 5 years on ZB? Once IF is 10 years old and ZB is 5, people might still make that argument. It's really just the communities people hang out at and how active they are at those communities.
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ANDREW TOPGUNS Apr 18 2009, 04:14 AM Post #27
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I think you misunderstood my comment. It wasn't meant as a criticism of Zathyus Staff, but rather the construction of many forums that I visit. There always tend to be a lead administrator, who almost always holds the root account. Once that administrator leaves though, the forum is left with other "leaders" who really seem to lose touch with the community. I guess I could use the Theme Zone and Locke as an example. Once Locke leaves, I think a large portion of the forum will be gone because of how long he has been an administrator on the forum.
This actually happened to me as I was running a clan as the root admin with two other admins by my side and about 30 members with about 100 posts and this clan was a 3 months old using ZB and the community was starting to get active with about 5 members on at any given time. I went on holidays for 2 weeks, came back and I could have probably given witness to ghosts as it was that deserted with not one log in besides me for 3 weeks. It was hard but about 1 month later I was able to recover the activity levels and now have 80 members, 279 posts and about 10 people on at any given time.
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Tom Simpson Apr 19 2009, 05:17 AM Post #28


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Part of the problem with my Forum is that it's main discussion is about "Doctor Who" and I'm apart of the *largest* Doctor Who Forum on the web (16,453 active members) and I completley love it, but from time-to-time, with all the hard work I do and long hours I spent creating graphics and trying to tweak bits of coding here and there, I just with my forum were a little more active.

And just to also add, before I moved to ZetabBoards, I used to be with ProBoards... but I really genuinley think ZetaBoards is the *best* free forum software on the 'net, it's got everything you could need - easy edditable CSS, good layout, and just overall what a good, strong community needs. :)
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Nic Apr 19 2009, 10:30 AM Post #29
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It really bugs the shit out of me when you people say ZB is 'dying' just from a few minutes of clicking around. Brandon told me recently that registrations for ZB are actually doing rather well. Not all boards get added to the directory, and sadly the converted boards haven't been added just yet.

What a super attitude to take! :)
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Reid Apr 19 2009, 01:14 PM Post #30
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And just to also add, before I moved to ZetabBoards, I used to be with ProBoards... but I really genuinley think ZetaBoards is the *best* free forum software on the 'net, it's got everything you could need - easy edditable CSS, good layout, and just overall what a good, strong community needs. :)
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I give a lot of my friends support via MSN and when they ask me for help with a forum, the first thing I ask is if it's IF or ZB. If they say no, then I don't bother because they're the only two interfaces I really care to learn.

And now I'm starting to go ZB exclusive since jQuery is included with every board... ahh... I love it! :P
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