[moondebi]

I am registered to write in various forums, which pay to add a post. But, the most worrying trend with the forums are their rate of sustenance. Many of the forums start with a positive note, but disappear within a couple of months.
It must be the budget that is responsible for most of the forums to collapse.

[long123]

I hope it will not happen here. I mean I hope the site has a sustainable income so it will be around for years.

[LShun]

I hope it will not happen here. I mean I hope the site has a sustainable income so it will be around for years.

I hope so too, but everything that we touch and see would one day disappear, its a sad truth. The reason for the point system to go lower in my opinion is because of the post quality and the large amount of people requesting to cash out to Paypal ( which includes me ) although the revenue of the site is less than the requests. The administrator mostly does not have any way's left and they have also used their own cold-hard cash to pay the requester on time.

I believe this is because most of the people now uses advertisement-blocking software that will make a site cleaner and protect them from malware-infested advertisements. But for a site such as ForumCoin which already has little advertisements and all of the advertisements are clean from malware ( for now ) is unnecessary and would be bad for the growth of the site. I think user's should, as what the administrator said, disable their advertisement-blocking extension on their browser for this site through a feature called whitelisting to help the administrator to cut down the cost of maintaining the site. and make a better place for everyone.

I'm sorry if I said something wrong or hurt anyone using words.

[Happyland]

Forums come and forums go just like friends come into our lives and then they are gone. Forums are created for various reasons. Forumcoin will be around to stay. It is a good site where ideas are exchanged and people have fun interacting. There are ideas in the works that will lead to a much greener landscape.

[Jinglebells]

I think if everyone will commit to try and make new posts every day, there will be more to answer, ideas could be things going on in your life and you would like to start a conversation on it.

Most forums have some regulars that will always check in , so with that being the case, as a team you can make it work if you want it to be around.

True, some members will come and go, and new ones will come, but most will always be here, until they can't be.

[Angie10]

I like the positive spirit displayed by both Jinglebells and Happyland, and I too am rooting for this site because I really like it. I doubt it'll go under any time soon, because I believe the admin care about it enough to want to keep it going, and hence the recent adjustment. They knew the decision would probably not be popular, but they still went ahead with it in order to keep the site going.

[Hugop]

Managing a forum takes a lot of time, one of the reasons why a forum disappears is because of the owner having another project and not enough time to manage both. Most of the active forums haven't the creator as the owner anymore because the creator sold it or passed to their staff member.

[darkthorn]

Forums make money from programs like Adsense, if you notice all paid per post forums show ads and users are expected to click on them. The problem is that most users are there precisely just to earn money, they do as much posts as they can and few concern about the ads that are shown.
How many of us click on ads on ForumCoin or other forums? Probably not as many as would be desirable for the forums to make money, and that is the main problem. To earn money from someone we have to help them making money, that is what happens with jobsand several business and forums are no exception. If the owner doesn't make money then we can not pay you.

PS: I am not taking in consideration scammers because they wouldn't pay you anyway.

[sprite1950]

This site has been around longer than most so Fergal and Cyberfreak must be doing something right. I don't know if there is a single reason why a forum disappears. I used to beong to one called Diskussable which I really liked but their major advertiser pulled out and the owner could not afford to run it any more. He was already paying out of his own pocket to keep it going. It had only be going for 8 months.

I think it's inevitable over time that the pay rate will be lowered .. I don't think I've seen one site where this hasn't happened. A site becomes popular, more people need paying .. the money has to come from somewhere. It must take a lot of skill to keep a forum running smoothly in order to pay its members.

[Geamer]

I have no clue why some sites disappear because of money or that the owner is incompetent enough to let the site dwindle like on the site that I was on a few months ago, gosh I missed those days of posting fun. I can even earn about 25 dollars a day there or more.

[DreekLass]

As well as building the forum, maintaining it takes a lot of time and effort, and getting members to post on the forum can be a lot of time and effort. Postloop is usually sought out by people who are willing to spend money on building their forums up.

[fati55]

to maintain a forum this.is very difficult and hard work so maintained a forum is much iimportant for.long.time that why they reduce paying

[cashforuonline]

Forums make money from programs like Adsense, if you notice all paid per post forums show ads and users are expected to click on them. The problem is that most users are there precisely just to earn money, they do as much posts as they can and few concern about the ads that are shown.
How many of us click on ads on ForumCoin or other forums? Probably not as many as would be desirable for the forums to make money, and that is the main problem. To earn money from someone we have to help them making money, that is what happens with jobsand several business and forums are no exception. If the owner doesn't make money then we can not pay you.

PS: I am not taking in consideration scammers because they wouldn't pay you anyway.

I always click on the ads that look interesting, especially if they are related to making money. I never know when I might find are really great opportunity! I think what hurts sites more, like someone mentioned above, is the users who use Ad Block to block the ads. That defeats the purpose of these sites, and is very dishonest.

[DreekLass]

If forums are there to earn from Adsense, and they want to build up their SEO by getting more activity on their forum, they will go to sites like TFW or Postloop to do that, but then they realize that they are not bringing any new members in any time soon, and then they are stuck with paid posters who don't click their ads.

[Abakane]

I am registered to write in various forums, which pay to add a post. But, the most worrying trend with the forums are their rate of sustenance. Many of the forums start with a positive note, but disappear within a couple of months.
It must be the budget that is responsible for most of the forums to collapse.

Besides FC what others are you visiting?
This is my first so i am hoping Fergal and Cyberfreak will continue as they did so far and wont shut it down.
Right now i only have time for this one but i hope later i will expand.

[Geamer]

One clue for a forum to be successful is to make a revenue sharing system that makes a win-win situation both for the owners and the members. we had seen that in some social blogging site but it went downhill because they no longer share the revenue with justice anymore.

[Gaarabae]

The members of a forum is the back bone of sustainability. the more we post high quality content the better the site get indexed on the Interweb. If the site gets highly ranked then the advertisers will come. The members can help a site grow and become sustainable. help build a brand.

[Detox842]

The fundamentals in the end is by definition: What is a Forum..
By Definition it is: a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.

One clue for a forum to be successful is to make a revenue sharing system that makes a win-win situation both for the owners and the members. we had seen that in some social blogging site but it went downhill because they no longer share the revenue with justice anymore.

It's a great suggestion but not a solution.

The members of a forum is the back bone of sustainability. the more we post high quality content the better the site get indexed on the Interweb. If the site gets highly ranked then the advertisers will come. The members can help a site grow and become sustainable. help build a brand.

This is also a great point, and in the end the members are the backbone of the forum, but to make one that survives.. (ive been a member of one for over 10 years and it`s still there) is because you get a sense of belonging, they talk about topics that interests you, the people that are there build a connection with you and there are other factors that makes a forum survive.

Forumcoin has a great community, but we have a mix and mash of topics that sometimes have great content with great replies, and sometimes just a spam reply just to get my $$$ worth. The system is great because the owner and members have a win-win situation like you all stated but there could be improvements that can benefit everyone. This takes time, patience and the willingness of the owners to improve as well as the patience of the members to stay in good and bad times.

[thisnthat]

The members of a forum is the back bone of sustainability. the more we post high quality content the better the site get indexed on the Interweb. If the site gets highly ranked then the advertisers will come. The members can help a site grow and become sustainable. help build a brand.

This is a good point. If the site isn't earning, the members won't get paid (or will get paid less). That's why it's important to keep up the quality of the forums. I hate when I see threads where everyone just repeats the same thing 20 times or does a bunch of "hit and run" posting.

Quality, unique content is the way to go. We should all be trying to make more interesting threads as well as posting replies (yes, that reminder is for myself as well).

[DreekLass]

I always try to think of new threads to make, but it can be difficult. When things come up, I do make new threads though, which is something we all need for forums to continue.