But what exactly do we get in joining forums?
Does this help us in any way?
Do we benefit from it?
For me, these are definitely yes. Belonging to the right forum and of our choice is a win-win situation.
Here are some of my reasons why i love forums.
Primarily, forums can help you to solve your problems like in Programming, Designing, movies... Almost everything that we can think off. How? Forum members are from various fields, expertise, places, countries and groups that is why, we could share opinions about a certain subject from different points of views, logic and approach. Here, we could discover that there are numerous ways to solve a single problem.
Secondly, being an active forum member gives you the privilege to be known in the internet world and get a great job through this.
Thirdly, you can show your work to your fellow forum members and ask comments for any improvements and suggestions. This is very helpful since nobody is perfect, right?
Finally, choosing the right forum for your field of interest can absolutely help you improve your skills. Taking into a consideration my membered forums PHPUGPH who conducts seminars to us members to improve our skills on PHP and programming skills, and FlashVillage who gives free templates of flash designs to their members and teach them on how to use it.
These are few of the many reasons why being a member of quality forums is great.
Cheers to us forum members!
Tribute to my membered forums:
FlashVillage - http://www.flashvillage.com and PHPUGPH - http://www.phpugph.com
2 comments:
There are also downsides.
1) forums are not suitable for certain purposes such as job ads. most end up critiquing the job posting or asking details instead of getting applicants to apply.
2) if moderators are not strict, topics can be hijacked and end up losing their essence.
3) forums are often breeding grounds for petty arguments.
perhaps a group with mini-forum is a better solution? that's what we're currently finding out on our site.
@katexter,
1) forum is not suitable for job ads,because its suitable for skill and talent scouts...when posting a job ads, please expect criticisms and questions, people in this kind of commmunity like details and exchanging ideas .. here you are not the one asking questions but applicants are....
2)its just normal, its up to the moderators on how to handle and maintain the forums...
3) When you exchange ideas,theres a great probability that you'll argue with each other...a meaningfull argument...
so whatever it is, a forum or mini-forum, it is still a forum, you just make it mini since you dont know how to manage the large one i think..mind you again, it is still a forum....
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