Please read this thread (Tip #7 ):
Q: Do you know how 90% of successful boards started?
A: They all had 5 or more friends actively posting in the forum when it launched.
Regional/ special topic boards are tricky to start. You need all 3 ingredients to get them started:
a small group of committed posters.
they join/ start posting at roughly the same time.
they post regularly to attract new comers afterwards.
(The second point about them joining roughly the same time is to avoid the situation where a poster enthusiastically p…
If you are interested in Dallas/ Austin, please comment here:
Interested in starting them? Please register your interest here:
The purpose of this thread is to connect folks from this geo so they know 1) there is mutual interest in building up the board and 2) that if one start posting there will be others who join in at the same time, to avoid the ‘are there others here?’ syndrome.
You may say, well why not just start posting? Please do that too, but please comment your interest in this thread as well. The problem is that if interested user A post …
If you are interested in other cities, please start a new thread in Site Discussion!
Houston folks- if and when there are significant posts from other parts of TX and OK start showing up on this board, we’ll carve Houston out.
ninrn
May 2, 2025, 4:53am
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Not a city, but I think you could use dedicated New Mexico and Colorado boards. I could definitely invite 5 NM foodies and probably 5 CO food folks to join.
