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	<title>One Little Duck - Affiliate Blog &#187; forums</title>
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		<title>So You Want To Run a Forum?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Dale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a forum and community on your website can be a rewarding experience. It builds up loyalty and provides you with something that can build your website and brand. It also can be a right pain in the butt and few siteowners realise this when they start setting up forums. They require strong management, constant [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having a forum and community on your website can be a rewarding experience. It builds up loyalty and provides you with something that can build your website and brand. It also can be a right pain in the butt and few siteowners realise this when they start setting up forums. They require strong management, constant monitoring and a watchful eye. </p>
<p><strong>Problem users are the biggest hassle! </strong></p>
<p>Spammers and <a href="http://www.onelittleduck.co.uk/2008/05/why-forum-seeding-can-sometimes-backfire.html">seedy marketeers</a> are easy to deal with. They come along, dump their spammy posts and usually vanish forever, however problem users tend to just hang around. </p>
<p>There are ways and means of dealing with them and sometimes they&#8217;ll take on board a slap on the wrists or a temporary ban.</p>
<p>However, kicking them out and removing their access to your site is often the final solution. Although, that leaves them free to then go and complain about you on other sites:</p>
<p><center><img src="http://www.onelittleduck.co.uk/images/hindle.gif" alt="MSE Post"></center></p>
<p>As ever it&#8217;s not the posters fault they were banned! It&#8217;s the &#8220;arrogant siteowners&#8221; who &#8220;don&#8217;t deserve to run a website&#8221;! Fortunately most people will see through this is (sadly some won&#8217;t). </p>
<p>However, it can be incredibly annoying seeing ex-users of your site (try to) tarnish your brand (or even you personally) whilst forgetting the culpability of their demise from using your service is entirely on their shoulders.</p>
<p><strong>Running a forum isn&#8217;t an easy option!</strong><img src="http://www.onelittleduck.co.uk/?ak_action=api_record_view&#038;id=462&#038;type=feed" alt="" /></p>
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