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Do you have any pets?

We have two dogs. We had three at one point, but she is now deceased due to lung failure.

I had 13 pet rats growing up. Not all at once, however.

I think that we need money to enjoy life. We may need money to buy things. Some studies have suggested that money can have a huge impact on relationships as well. So, how to enjoy life when you do not have money?

I remembered when I was playing a very interesting game and the network just spiked and everything freezed at the midlle of the game. That frustration was so huge that I almost throw my phone through the window.😂 I’ve noticed most of my anger while gaming don't even come from the game itself, it’s either a connection issue or a random lag. What about you?

I'm trying to make subforums, but I just noticed they're not saving.

I'm trying to make:

[Category]

-Forum 1

• Subforum, Subforum, Subforum

-Forum 2

• Subforum, Subforum

etc.

I checked settings to see if there was something I needed to toggle to allow subforums, but I didn't see anything. Am I missing something?

Quick question,

Is it possible to have something like Jcink where you can have a new topic button in thread view?

As a platform, we always want to support you in any way possible. We try to make everything as easy as possible, so you don't need any knowledge to start a community. But we also want you to be able to earn money through your community. Member subscriptions make that possible.

Now, I want to be honest upfront, subscriptions are only available for Premium ForumSpark boards. Our Launch plan will give you access to basic subscriptions. Which is perfectly fine to start with. You can setup one subscription plan, receive income and give value to your members. Our Earn plan will give you a much more advanced experience. Think about coupons, multiple payment processors, multiple plans, analytics, revenue dashboard, etc.

For the differences, here is a table:

I'm currently about 90% done with Subscriptions. But I expect this to be release sometime next week.

'Sup everyone, first of all, tysm for everything this platform has to offer. I just started my forum, and for some reason, I can’t create new sections. I deleted the default sections that come with the site, but even before that, it wouldn’t let me create anything new. I’ve checked every single option there is, and it still isn’t working. I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong or if it’s genuinely a bug.

Board Name: Otaku Valley
Link: https://otakuvalley.forumspark.net/
Focus: Anime/Manga/Entertainment
Highlights: New community utilizing some of the many features Forum Spark offers

Release 1.5.2

Another update is here. This one is focused on polish - fixing a few rough edges across emoticons, moderation tools, and the forum list, with a couple of new additions that have been on the roadmap for a while. Emoticons - Several emoticon-related issues have been resolved in this update. Clicking an emo...

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Some years ago, cryptocurrency wasn't much accepted the way it is now. Some people still believe cryptocurrency is a scam but that's not the case because cryptocurrency is now in the top 5 biggest assets in the financial market.

Have you invested in cryptocurrency?

I was scrolling through an old forum and the place just felt empty. The last real discussion was almost one month ago. Back then, the threads used to be very busy with replies. Now everybody is on Telegram, Facebook and Discord. Sometimes, community energy is not something you force. Sometimes one strong conversation can wake everyone up again.

:D

I opened a Discord server and they where discussing online forums. If you wants to start a community today, which one would you go for? Is it the traditional forum, Discord or Slack? In my opinion, forum threads make sense to me. But people have a very low attention span these days. People don't have the patience to reply to long threads again. The internet culture has really changed

When I create a forum the first users are always my friends from real life and also a few family members. They don't remain active for a long time but they help seed content initially. Do you also invite your friends and family to post on your forums, do they become a regular user?

This morning I was browsing one forum and i noticed something. New members was just coming in but nobody is really guiding them on how to use the forum. It made me remember when I first joined one community, I was so confused. Nobody to guide me , no direction, they don't even welcome me. I had to figure out things myself.

Between managing posts, tweaking the layout, dealing with spam, and trying to grow the community, it can really add up. How much time do you put in each week?

I was just checking my forum stats and I discovered that member count does not tell the full story. You could have 5k members but only 20 are actually posting. I started looking at active users per day, replies per thread, even the time people spend reading. I think tracking real engagement is the best honestly:D

Sometines I would wake up already tired of even moderating my forum. 😩 People think that the mods are enjoying but the burnout is so serious. You would settle arguments, delete spam, reply messages. Some are even doing it for free sometimes. I had to start taking breaks or else I would lose interest completely.

:D

I was testing one “auto-mod bot” last month, but unfortunately, spam messages start entering my email like it's a promo season 😒. Some of these tools would collect your data quietly, before you know, they will use it for other activities. This is exactly why I prefer simple manual control sometimes.

This month I just focused on replying every new post very quickly, just to make people feel seen. Suddenly, the engagement pick up a little. The members don't need too much, just attention and a little consistency. Once they see that the forum is active, they will stay.

I was responding to a conversation and while still typing out my response, the entire response disappeared. This happened to me twice.

I was talking with @Cedric earlier about allowing the sub-forums' parent forum to be hidden so that when you click on the parent forum in the directory, it shows the sub-forum listing without the box where threads would normally be.

When you try to remove the view permission settings or remove the ability for threads to be created currently, it still shows the parent forum.

I can provide screenshots if needed of what I mean.

Can we make unread threads/posts inside a forum bold so the unread ones stand out a bit more while previously read threads aren't?

This is a pretty basic feature and i thought it might help others when there's an unread thread or unread post within a thread?

I have seen a suggestion posted about a feature that does not appear to be implemented at the moment, which is the ability to view the last person who posted in a thread. Currently, it shows the author of the thread, but no update on who last replied.

https://postloop.net/topics/last-reply-usernamevisibility-feature.50215#reply-715

Would this be able to be implemented?

Thanks :)

I tried adding some custom emoticons to my community and had them show up in the list. When I click on one of the custom emoticons, it only shows the text that it is supposed to replace and not the actual custom image I selected.

However, in the emoticon section of the ACP, it seems to be displaying the new emoticon image correctly.

Hiya, Just saw a post about FS (plus an interest check for a Japanese / Chinese myth RP site) and thought I’d check out FS.