coyote. i know. thank u for that. we just talk theoretically. or use examples from other forums

thats it. they need education. as we all in our beginnings. forums as this are high important

If there isn't some kind of barrier to entry, you are prone to having a bunch of users who join that won't understand who the forum is actually for. To Nekdo's point, I think unregistered users should be able to see the important parts of the forum, which they can. But I do think it's good for users to have a "separate" space that won't just get scraped or is open for anyone to see.

have changed my live to see, that im not the only "pervert"

btcd69. thats true. but how to practice? its a nice idea, but its not easy to make it work. the education post barrier i think its a perfect thing. maybe something more could be helpful too. maybe need to post 10 comments in the forum, what the adminteam can read, the all others can comment, and when there is no hard bullshit, then hes approved.

not education post barrier- (wrong translation) i mean introduction barrier...

I've always liked the way ZC handles it because it strikes a good balance between not being too gatekeepy while also serving as a good filter. I don't necessarily think a post count requirement would help because that's more work for the administration if using them to gauge one's character and encourages rapid-fire "slop posting" rather than thoughtful interaction.

another question: the forumzoone really struggles with the server costs, they have tha most cheap off shore server at all, which is not working verry well. how much does it cost to run a forum as this? im thinking about to open an new forum for germany. the most forums are closed or verry bad managed and mostly offline

maybe u are right. i also have the feeling, that here it works fine as it is.

maybe its an german problem. the international forums mostly work better, or at least with a lot less troubles and with an better behavior

The costs of ZV were around $3000-5000 per year. At least that's what was written in the donation thread.

probably significantly reduced through donations and ad revenue

ah ok. thets not less. when the forumzoone need to pay that from their own pocket . but with donations, it should be doable. thank u for the informations

ok the financial part i should manage., just the fact, that im a real noob in digital technics... haha. anyway i try to find a way in longer terms, to make an other german forum for zoos, where the people can be free and able to learn,

but now, i need to save my plants from being destroyed from the wind haha. need to fix the pots with wires.

Make a Telegram group. It now supports separate rooms. It's more common than messing around with forums and domains, servers, etc. By the way, all new zoo forums are doomed, they don't usually last long.

Those telegram topic groups are extremely buggy and have been since their launch years ago. It's really not a good replacement for forums.

i also think, telegram will not last for ever. and there groups were closed too... not save for longterm.

There were groups that worked for years. Only public groups disappear quickly because they are constantly reported. Telegram is not good, but it is much cheaper. Like graphite.

its cheaper of course. but the thing is- it need to be public. the sense is not just make an possibility for allready long jear zoos. it need to be findable for everyone, whos interrested and need some support