I didnt know where to put this so I decided to put it here.Ive been visiting several kinds of forums for the past 18 months,and Ive never seen a kind of forum that Im planning to make.Basically Im looking for support with it as its not possible for a single individual to do this.

Here's what Im thinking of,basically the forum starts off with nothing(its an empty forum to start off with,lets consider any forum software for now).

The member(s) then choose a forum(subforum) of their own.For eg:Suppose one of my friends wants to write articles on,lets say a sport.Then a separate forum is alloted for this guy and he is asked to post his articles there.This can also be done for a group:Eg:If a group wants a forum on say,rpg games,then they are alloted a forum.Add to this,the people requesting these things are made mods of that particular forum.Ofcourse there will be globies and admins to make sure that no crap is being posted.

Now at any point if a particular forum isnt doing so well,then that forum is then removed.For eg:Lets say that the articles of a person isnt getting much views,attention or replies,then that subforum is removed and a new request placed in its place.

As time goes on only the people with the best work are eventually with long running forums and attention.What this does is gives the members two options(instead of one is standard forums),

A)They can either be just a normal member and post in the topics they like.(They are bound to be interested somewhere as in a concept like there is bound to be a forum/subforum of your choice)

B)They can opt to build on a subforum and a topic by requesting for one and then posting stuff that attracts attention.

I hope that people here can understand what Im actually trying to convey.

If anyone has any doubts on the concept or anything related then please post in this thread.

If anyone is willing to work with me in starting a concept like this,then either post here or pm me or mail me at sid_19840@hotmail.com

Im a firm beleiver that with proper implementation this idea will definately work.

Sid.

its definately an idea i have never heard of before, i think you should give it ago. I don't fully understand how its going to work, but i can picture it.

Very nice, goodluck with it and let us know how it goes when its up.

EDIT: this should be up in planning & brainstorming.

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Thanks for the support.Unfortunately I dont have enough web experience to get this going myself.Im really willing to get this going,but I think unless I get a joint effort from atleast 1 or 2 people who have some skills to actually implement this,it wont be great.

Just ask on here in the exchange and partnership forum for what your looking for. Theres always someone around looking for this kind of job.

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Hate to burst your bubble, but I've sorta been doing that for the past two years. I like to call it 'Communist Cyberia' A forum built for the people, by the people.

The only way you can get this to work well is to start with a group of people when creating. Get a bunch of people who are interested in contributing to the forum, and it will grow quickly.

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To be honest to some degree many forums do this. Well general ones that i have seen of, Anonimo does it as well. If people ask for a certain forum and there is enough interest then i give them their chance to make the forum work and see how active it is, but if it dies out i remove it.

Biggger forums do requests and people vote on which one they want added and they add new ones every month. So unless you mean something different to what ive just said then its being done.

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It seems like it would be very tough to get the ball rolling with this one. But best of luck. I have neer seen anything like that in my experience.

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I like the idea, but would add something. I would only allow my best members to give it a go. In otherwords set a criteria to allow a subforum. Maybe after a user has 500 posts then they can start a subforum. That way, you know they are commited to making it work.

Then if I start with no forum at all how do people post anything at all.That criteria could be used if the forum got a kickstart.Unfortunately Im not going ahead with the idea as Ive not had much support and I cant spend on it.