An idea

[G]

I had this kind of idea ages ago when I was thinking about a UK bike-stunting forum.

Whether korn would want to allow access to his database etc, or host for other people is another matter:

It'd be good if we could have 'sub forums'; that were separate entities, but with a shared user-database. Thus the forums would be linked to a degree, but would still be separate. That way, if say Goose wanted to start a Bros forum he could have a place to discuss them that wasn't full of all the other general stuff, and hopefully it would be a mutually beneficial link; as all the new Bros-members would also have immediate access to BCF, with out being overwhelmed by it while anyone that joined BCF with a Bros would also have an easy access to a forum related to their bike.

Thought I'd mention it now as some dissenting midlanders were talking about a separate forum to talk amongst themselves; I can kinda see their point as it's getting a lot harder to find the posts written by the people I know; the main reason I come to this forum. This way having say a separate Midland bike forum would probably attract more users in total to BCF; ie those that come midlandbikeforum.com or whatever then post some more general stuff on BCF.

Of course the logistics of it all would be quite nasty and whether Korn would want to have it set up like this is another matter.
Another thing I'd considered a while ago which would tie in nicely with Korn considering renting some hosting would be for him to sell a 'ready made' bike forum which was linked to BCF to some degree. Possibilities there for creating bike forums for various other sites, for instance shops and other 'real life' bike clubs as well as other websites with messageboards or inferior forums*.

*I'll forward you details to send me my comission cheque

[Ste]

Like the super-moto forum on Visordown?

[G]

Yep, just like that, well from what I know of it anyway.

[EuropeanNC30R...]

Sounds a good idea.

[MarJay]

But does this mean we'd have a southerners forum that all the IRC people would go to?

That sounds like clique...
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[G]

There wouldn't be anything stopping other people posting in other relevant forums, but it does mean that many of the long-timers that don't post much might have somewhere more friendly to continue posting.

The idea is more so that all the new people don't get harassed, while all the people that regularly meet up in the midlands can still chat on a 'closer' level, without getting annoyed at all the new people they don't know interrupting etc.

Okay it is a bit of a clique, but I suspect it will turn out better for everyone in the long run: to start with the new people won't be posting into such a 'closed' society.

[MarJay]

You've convinced me that its a good idea. I'm not personally bothered about cliques actually, they are going to appear on any medium to large forum. Theres no way of stopping it.

What you'd effectively be doing in your suggestion is taking a medium or large forum and structuring it so that you have the advantages of a big forum with the advantages of a small forum.

It gets my vote!
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[G1_]

But surely that means that newbies would never be integrated into the site?
If people have forums that are more specific to them I don't see them bothering posting in general chat or having hardly any contact with new people at all. I reckon this will just stunt the growth of the forum. It may work if the forum was bigger...

Besides I wouldn't know where to post as I'm not really in a 'clique' but surely the forum is here for everyone and not just for those in a clique.

Besides all the new forums and sub forums are getting confusing as it is.

[G]

As I said, my original idea was for a UK stunt forum, of which I only know of one other and not that great at that. People would still find BCF as they are doing now, but people that did a search Google UK search for 'stunt forum' would find the stunt forum, post on their a bit, then maybe have a look at the main BCF for more general biking related chat.
In the same way someone might go looking specifically for a midland forum, then move to BCF for general bike related chat.

I'm not suggesting that we have 10 sub forums all with their own 'general chat' in, rather that the sub forums have sections dedicated to their purpose.
If someone joined a midland forum and doesn't post in the main BCF, I don't see it being that much of a loss because they probably wouldn't have joined BCF in the first place anyway.

Also, note that I am suggesting this because the forum is getting a whole load bigger it seems. There is 162 new users so far this month, the same time last year for all of march there was 27 new users. Last August had the most new users before this year at 73, that would suggest that this August we could quite possibly get over 600 new users! As the forum gets more popular it will also start to be listed higher and more frequently in search engines etc.

[Ste]

We've had loads of new members this months because Korn sent e-mails to his customers.

[G]

If Korn continues to send emails to his customers then we'll continue to get even more new users.

Last month still attracted five times the new users of the previous year.

[Dusty]

If Goose starts a Bros forum I'll join.
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[Ste]

Exactly.

Still n00b, but less so. \o/

[G]

[Demonic69]

What about being able to only see posts/topics people you've set as "Friends"? That would maybe be easier then seperate forums and would also stop the clique-iness
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[JimboJ]

Why don't we just hold interviews for new members? Stephen and someone else could interview them to their high standards and expectations

Sounds a good idea in theory, although now that there is a new user group thingy, I see a lot less traffic in General chat. I think the inactivity of the general community and less of the big guns has made it "boring" and a lot of tension between users is another cause. I think someone mentioned it but now IRC is here most people tend not to post because they just prefer to tell their friends and leave it at that. Plus we haven't had any blonde moments to amuse us recently!

James
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