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martinibuster - 8:03 pm on Jul 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

I was looking over my forum and noticed that some topics were far more popular than others. They contained more posts, more threads, and more views.

Forum Topic Ordering
So I wondered,

Would it be a good idea to push these popular forum topics up in the order of topics?
Or would that discourage people from posting to the less popular forum topics?

Guest Posts
I currently don't allow guest posts, but I read another thread where someone posted that guest posts were their strongest source of contribution.

Aside from having to bot-proof posting priviliges, does allowing guest posts discourage community building at the expense of encouraging more posts?

URL Drops
Some members drop some incredibly helpful url's, amazing stuff. I'm really thankful for the url's they drop. I'm not having a problem with self-promotion. For my situation at this moment, allowing URL drops is working fine.

Any thoughts?

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