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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 903370" data-attributes="member: 158">I don't want to speak for Morrus or the rest of The Emperor's Hand, but I will tell you some of the things I've learned here.<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Decide what kind of discussion you want to foster. Do you want &quot;buddies living room?&quot; &quot;The pub downtown?&quot; &quot;The Hellfire Club?&quot; Think of the basic ground rules you would need to lay to promote the kinds of discussion tone and subject on your site that you want to see. If the site ain't fun for you, and you aren't making a profit either, it ain't worth it. </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Pick people you can trust. The more you chat with someone online, the more you come to know their likes, dislikes, their character, and their motivations. If you find someone who is level-headed and who has the same kind of mind that you do for the topics on your board, then you have someone who would make a good moderator. If they have the Patience of Job to boot, then they would probably make a good admin.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Back your people, and don't put up with antics. Don't be afraid to ban someone who is making the running of your boards miserable, because chances are they are making your regular members miserable too. If your people run into a problem, speaking as one is the way to present a board that is dedicated to their topics, and who doesn't put up with people who are there just to cause trouble. It's fine to discuss privately, but publically you should have each other's backs like a bunch of Marines. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></li>
</ol>I hope some of this helps, and not all of it may necessairly apply, but it may give you ideas of the direction you wish to go in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 903370, member: 158"] I don't want to speak for Morrus or the rest of The Emperor's Hand, but I will tell you some of the things I've learned here. [list=1] [*]Decide what kind of discussion you want to foster. Do you want "buddies living room?" "The pub downtown?" "The Hellfire Club?" Think of the basic ground rules you would need to lay to promote the kinds of discussion tone and subject on your site that you want to see. If the site ain't fun for you, and you aren't making a profit either, it ain't worth it. [*]Pick people you can trust. The more you chat with someone online, the more you come to know their likes, dislikes, their character, and their motivations. If you find someone who is level-headed and who has the same kind of mind that you do for the topics on your board, then you have someone who would make a good moderator. If they have the Patience of Job to boot, then they would probably make a good admin. [*]Back your people, and don't put up with antics. Don't be afraid to ban someone who is making the running of your boards miserable, because chances are they are making your regular members miserable too. If your people run into a problem, speaking as one is the way to present a board that is dedicated to their topics, and who doesn't put up with people who are there just to cause trouble. It's fine to discuss privately, but publically you should have each other's backs like a bunch of Marines. :D [/list] I hope some of this helps, and not all of it may necessairly apply, but it may give you ideas of the direction you wish to go in. [/QUOTE]

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