DISQUS

mtsen.com · 8 months ago

Hi, forum is great for general topics but tough for specific topics like this to grow on. my recent web 2.0 idea can solve this concern too but need helps to build it, hope one day we can meet up to explore this ...

yowchuan · 8 months ago

hey mtsen, how about creating plugin for Facebook to connect with phpBB? :-D

Jacques · 8 months ago

You don't need to pay forum posters for it to grow. What you need is to be present, engaging and let people express themselves freely. With time, a few members will become regulars and then the snowball can start...

I would also integrate it better within your blog. It looks kind of like a second website presently, and you'd get a lot more participation if people could use their facebook / disqus / other profile to post instead of registering a new identity.

yowchuan · 8 months ago

Thanks Jacques for the tips. I'm still looking for the plugin that would allow integration with existing social networks.

As for the registration, I think there's no choice because if I allow 'anonymous' posters, the forum would soon be filled with spams. Even with registrations implemented, I still need to clean up spammers who got through using mainly russian-based IPs and emails.

Really hope this will snowball.

encikwan · 8 months ago

My suggestion is to ask a few personal finance bloggers to own a personal finance forum. Since they own the forum, then they have more motivation to participate in the forum, at least in the first 6 months.

yowchuan · 8 months ago

Wan,

That's a great suggestion, but hosting that forum would be a tricky thing itself.

And here's something the personal finance bloggers has come up with:
http://www.meshio.com/2009/04/emoney-april-2009...