[Mars_mybb_import13750]

Hello. Just something that have been hitting me lately and that is skype groups and activity. People have the past months been complaining that skype groups decrease activity of the forums and I am going to talk about that now.

Does skype groups decrease activity?
Yes, though that is just slightly. That is because people would rather ask questions via live chats then go through the hassle of clicking a 'new thread' button. But, in the long run, skype groups are so much more worth it. Because when you communicate through skype groups, you get to know the members more, talk to them more, talk about stuff more and that will all lead back to SupremeForums. And everyone can motivate eachother, talk to eachother and remind eachother of the forum and get back to it if they ever quit. That is with any forum, of course. The owner will create bonds with members, have great memories and memories of friends you met, which is a huge aspect of why people would return or visit the site again instead of feeling 'outside' which would make you just visit the site whenever you bother or remember (which would be a long time).

Is it worth it in the long run?
While it does decrease activity, it also increases it. Sounds stupid, doesn't it? But that's because the members will stay and the community will have the activity over a long period of time instead of high activity over short amount of time hence why the forum will survive longer and restrictions of skype groups are stupid.

Is this forum doing the right thing?
Yes. They have the skype group. Having fun. Meeting new people who'd you might speak to for a very, very long period of time. And meeting others is good, you become more knowledgeable, aware and get others opinions of any matter. Other perspectives. Whilst that is off-topic, I really think groups are worth it even though it may decrease stable activity. Skype groups are nice to have and will benefit the community overall and in the end, you'd know it'll be worth it.

Debate.

[Oxyrus]

In my opinion skype groups are a good way to know others better and to interact way faster, however I would never, ever, add a shoutbox to a forum, that truly kills the activity by a lot.

[Mars_mybb_import13750]

In my opinion skype groups are a good way to know others better and to interact way faster, however I would never, ever, add a shoutbox to a forum, that truly kills the activity by a lot.

Shout-box? The worst addition possible. It just doesn't look good and it only fits forums which are dedicated to a game server, then I wouldn't mind because the forum wouldn't be used for user experience, more for information and support.

[Mars_mybb_import13750]

What's your opinions on this matter?

[Hassan]

I feel that Skype groups do decrease forum activity but it is actually a faster way to communicate with other members.

[Kill]

I feel that Skype groups do decrease forum activity but it is actually a faster way to communicate with other members.

& get help, too. When that's the purpose of the forum.

[Luminary]

Hello. Just something that have been hitting me lately and that is skype groups and activity. People have the past months been complaining that skype groups decrease activity of the forums and I am going to talk about that now.

Does skype groups decrease activity?
Yes, though that is just slightly. That is because people would rather ask questions via live chats then go through the hassle of clicking a 'new thread' button. But, in the long run, skype groups are so much more worth it. Because when you communicate through skype groups, you get to know the members more, talk to them more, talk about stuff more and that will all lead back to SupremeForums. And everyone can motivate eachother, talk to eachother and remind eachother of the forum and get back to it if they ever quit. That is with any forum, of course. The owner will create bonds with members, have great memories and memories of friends you met, which is a huge aspect of why people would return or visit the site again instead of feeling 'outside' which would make you just visit the site whenever you bother or remember (which would be a long time).

Is it worth it in the long run?
While it does decrease activity, it also increases it. Sounds stupid, doesn't it? But that's because the members will stay and the community will have the activity over a long period of time instead of high activity over short amount of time hence why the forum will survive longer and restrictions of skype groups are stupid.

Is this forum doing the right thing?
Yes. They have the skype group. Having fun. Meeting new people who'd you might speak to for a very, very long period of time. And meeting others is good, you become more knowledgeable, aware and get others opinions of any matter. Other perspectives. Whilst that is off-topic, I really think groups are worth it even though it may decrease stable activity. Skype groups are nice to have and will benefit the community overall and in the end, you'd know it'll be worth it.

Debate.

I guess it keeps the spam and useless stuff from the forum.

[Mars_mybb_import13750]

I feel that Skype groups do decrease forum activity but it is actually a faster way to communicate with other members.

& get help, too. When that's the purpose of the forum.

Yes. In the long run, the members will be creating a bond linking this all back to this forum. I can confirm that it has happend with me and a group of other people from another forum. It recently returned and the forum got filled but the owner didn't do anything so it lost members. But this proves that you will always have a community.  Motivate eachother to post on the forum. Such as "challenge everybody, everyone post one thread within 5 minutes." and there you go, new threads. Or linking threads on the skype chat etc.

[Pandas]

I would say yes.

[Lumen]

It is without a doubt that I answer this question, yes it does. Though as with most things, this also comes with a positive side as well. While it completely ruins the activity for smaller forums, it still serves the purpose that forums have. You see, forums are a way to communicate publicly, much like a social media. Though over the past 5 years or so, what we know as "Instant Messaging" or IM for short has become a trend and people tend to use this more. Skype and Facebook messenger replaces SMS, new type of services replaces Email with IM and so on. Its a new trend and a upcoming giant if you ask me. Though if it keeps on at this rate, forums will be gone in a few years, which is sad.