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This thread is about group of ideas to promote forum activity in general!

First what comes in my mind is that forums needs to be advertised more. I have prepared a few examples, to show on what I mean exactly!

Don't pay too much attention on the style , not responding fonts , and similar stuff , that's not a point! The point is to show convenient places on home page for forum advertisement , nothing else!

First , why home page ? Home page is the mirror of the site , most visited page , everything important should go there , basically a map of the site! We don't need only to keep existing members , the point would be to bring the new members! Will they stay , that's the other matter!

Example 1: We could have a static lifetime commercial , promoting forums in general ! Image would be clickable, leading to forums of course! Title: Tavern could be replaced with whatever (forums,community, inn)! Image can be replaced also!

The image I used for this example was taken from : wikipedia.

Example 2: We could , if not static have a dynamic commercial ! It would be dynamic like many other things on site! I made a gif image to show how would it look like. I hope it will work here also!

Example 3: If none of above, isn't what would attract you , perhaps we could have a different approach and simply add forum advertisement on main header!It would be available once you log in ! It would be there just as reminder if nothing else , but it could do the trick!

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Promoting forum activity through stars !

What I have in mind are forum based quests , forum posts and their relationship with stars/ranks!

Will cut to the chase and in short lines describe our previous ideas/concerns!

In situation where 1 forum post is equal to 1 star, spam could be generated at high rate ! Next , nobody wants to turn post count into star count!

...a bit adjusting

How about a different rate, for example 3 posts for 1 star ! It's a bit better , but still an easy way for someone to farm stars , and likely to generate spam!

Let's try different approach !

How about giving 1 star to each post containing X amount of characters! X could be 300-500-1000 !

For sure , this can be abused also , but I think it would serve the purpose if it can be coded ! The trick would be to avoid patterns !

Now , when I am already thinking about it ! Perhaps with mix of all above we can find a wiser solution !

I am also having in mind following solution:

No matter anything , long post , short post , each person can earn maximum 5-10 stars per day through posts !

Why do I see this as solution that can satisfy both parties?

The max number of stars you can earn per day is insignificant for someone to spam like mad , there is no need for that absolutely ! The only possible benefit someone could get is to be active in long run !

Variations are possible , It doesn't only have to be tied with posts ! We could have forum or site quests like we have for Kingdom Rush (3-day) play !

For example, log in for 30 days , log in for 150 days , be active in forums for 30 days, etc ...

Share your thoughts , give us some new ideas , tell us about your concerns!