What exactly is a forum?

BBS is mostly used in large companies or small and medium-sized enterprises. It is a platform for customers to communicate. For newcomers who are new to the Internet, BBS is a place for communication on the Internet. You can post a topic. Let everyone discuss it together, or you can raise a question and everyone can solve it together. First of all, let me explain that the "forum" mentioned on the Internet is generally the BBS that everyone often mentions. In the real world outside the Internet, "forum" refers to a high-standard, long-term hosting organization, and multiple seminars. Famous forums include: World Economic Forum, United Nations Human Rights Forum, Fortune Global Forum, Boao Forum for Asia, World Social Forum... So what is a BBS? The full English name of BBS is Bulletin Board System, which is translated into Chinese as "electronic bulletin board". BBS was first used to publish information such as stock market prices. At that time, BBS did not even have the function of file transfer, and it could only run on Apple computers. Early BBSs were of the same nature as general bulletin boards on streets and campuses, except that they were used to spread or obtain information through computers. It was not until personal computers began to become popular that some people tried to transfer the BBS on Apple computers to personal computers, and BBS began to gradually become popular. In recent years, due to the efforts of enthusiasts, the functions of BBS have been greatly expanded. At present, you can obtain the latest information at any time through the BBS system; you can also use the BBS system to discuss various interesting topics such as computer software, hardware, Internet, multimedia, programming, biology, medicine, etc.; you can also use the BBS system to The BBS system can be used to publish some notices such as "recruiting friends", "cheap transfers", "recruiting talents" and "job applications"; you can also invite relatives and friends to the chat room to talk... This wonderful world is right next to you and me. As long as you are next to a computer that can access the campus network, you can enter this communication platform and enjoy its various services. [Modifier word] A suffix modifier, generally used in words for companies, individuals, websites, etc. For example: Life 121 Forum, Enterprise Forum, Love Reading TXT Novels Forum, Forum Meetings, etc. [Usage of BBS] BBS is mostly used in large companies or small and medium-sized enterprises. It is a platform open to customers to communicate. For newcomers who are new to the Internet, BBS is a place used for communication on the Internet. You can post a topic and let everyone talk about it. Get together to discuss, or you can ask a question, and everyone can solve it together. [Disadvantages of forums] With the development of the times, the emergence of new and new human beings, forums have also become a new type of words or some informal words are spreading rapidly, such as: Bamboo ( Moderator).. Jar of water (filling water), sofa (first person to reply), bench, (second person to reply) Therefore, please pay attention when communicating. At the same time, avoid the spread of informal words. Common forum management Seven methods: These opinions are just the personal humble opinions of the webmaster of Congren.com. To build a good website or forum, what should you look for? How much and what is your investment? It’s money, energy, time, wisdom, and manpower. What does a successful website rely on? They are professionals, professional talents, professional perspectives, and professional thinking! Websites and forums are not industries. They focus on development, not short-term profits. If you want a website to make money, if there are no good projects, you can use pop-ups, plug-ins, etc., but this is not a long-term solution; when building a website, you should How many editors did you have when you said you were going to get it right? How many editors? How much effort have you invested in promoting your goals? Are they accurate? clear? The same goes for setting up a good forum. How many online members do you have? Are your goals clear? Without clarifying these, it is impossible to move forward if you hesitate in wandering; I hope everyone will support Congren.com and share experiences and opinions. Please forgive me if I am wrong. First, let’s talk about how to run a good forum~ 1. Actively reply to posts so that members’ posts can be responded to in a timely manner; respond to posts from new and old members in a timely manner to enhance the interactivity of the forum.

Increase awareness through one-to-one and many-to-one, answer technical questions of new and old members in a timely manner, and respond to member inquiries as soon as possible. This is also the most basic work of the forum; as long as it is effective for each Just give an appropriate response to the reply, and the number of posts will increase unknowingly. Maintenance by dedicated personnel is necessary. The forum is not a website. What is required is timely communication. Without investment in human management, the forum will not develop. The accumulation of people, the aggregation of people, there is no popularity without people, even with good content and topics, it is difficult to attract visitors, whether it is a vest or a certain degree of membership activity, it is the foundation; the forum has been impacted by QQ, msn, baiduHI and other chat tools , it is much more difficult to develop than other website forms. Coupled with the rich community online game images in schools and other places, the living environment is becoming more and more narrow, and latecomers are even more difficult to move forward. It can be said that the forum at this time has still not developed and has long missed the development of the forum. In the spring, of course, it is not ruled out that good themes and methods as well as a strong team can break through and come from behind; 2. Delete advertising posts that cause disgust in a timely manner; Advertising posts cannot be deleted in time, and the processing is disordered, which belongs to management and is not managed by anyone. The forum has lost the foundation of the forum, and the advertising posts have occupied some important positions, which greatly affects the image reading. Many excellent contents cannot be seen. Special personnel are responsible for management, inspection, and timely removal of advertising content. With human management, there is a clean forum. environment, there will be a good foundation for development; the number of posts in the forum will never be filled by the number of advertising posts; 3. Maintain original updates so that visitors can see more new content; It is well known to people who engage in the Internet that search How much does the engine attach importance to originality? How many websites can have full-time editors and writing skills and original articles? But there are many things that you have to persist in. If you can write Chinese characters and make sentences, then go and create your own articles. Search engines are not Chinese teachers. , will not judge your rhetorical level, but only good words will be reprinted. Sometimes the article may not be good, but one of your opinions may be reprinted by others. Persistence is victory, maintain the number of originals every week; every week 2-3 original articles are enough to add value to the entire website; 4. Increase regular and irregular online activities to enliven the forum atmosphere; The richness and persistence of online activities will enhance entertainment, but there will be no popularity or participation It will also be restricted; currently many activities do not have rewards, and their participation is also low. Business forums provide physical or virtual currency rewards, download-related point rewards, etc. Judging from existing online activities, the following methods are far from enough. lag. For example, in the SNS community, there are parking space grabbing, friend buying and selling, construction, and breeding online games. The old activities are obviously not attractive enough, but they can still increase participation through prize advantages and reward ranges.

At present, the online activities that can be carried out in the forum are the following: Solitaire activities: including idiom solitaire, question solitaire, lyrics or other methods of orderly building building activities; Watering activities: setting floor rewards through topic or thematic discussions, increasing orders Number of posts; Original encouragement: increase original text on the site by rewarding original text content; Auction activities: set up auction items, increase prices step by step, and the highest bidder within a certain period of time will get it; Reward activities: set reward points or virtual coins to solicit answers , and choose the best answer at the end to give a reward; more online activities mostly evolve through the above forms, the rules are similar, and the constant changes are just for the freshness of the activity, but their participation and interest are relatively high. Low, and the degree of adhesion is not as good as the online game model, which is more attractive. If rewards are provided through appropriate online games and combined with traditional forum activities, the effect should be even greater; 5. Give active members a certain amount of rewards on a monthly or weekly basis Encouragement; For rewards that all members hope for, such as posting rankings, limited-time championships, competitions for the number of posts, and members who actively participate in community discussions, stay online for a long time, and provide strong support to the forum and website, certain material or other means Rewards can sustainably retain the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of members; 6. According to changes in the popularity of the forum, consider expanding part-time moderators; When the popularity of the forum and the volume of posts change, and better organization and management are needed, recruit Moderators can be put into operation. Recruiting moderators at the beginning often loses their enthusiasm, and recruiting moderators in the early stage requires a relatively large investment, and often things do not have the expected results. Early promotion gradually retains members and enhances the cohesiveness of the activity. If the website is interesting, you can invest less in this aspect; you can recruit more motivated members as moderators and be more familiar with and understand the forum. However, for websites with interests and commercial business forums, moderator recruitment is difficult. The investment will be relatively large, and substantial rewards will also become indispensable; 7. Promote the forum by reprinting it to promotion points; establish a forum or site blog, and related promotion of the cooperation forum, strengthen the informing nature, achieve the purpose of promotion, and increase Friendly links to improve connection relevance and link quality;