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Originally Posted by blacknight  You might want to sit down and have a good hard think about your strategy.
If you are going to setup a forum and run it successfully you will need a core group of active members + a core group of vigilant moderators
Under Irish law you are responsible for ALL the posts / comments made on the forum, as you are considered to be the publisher.
Since so many Irish companies have the "charming" habit of suing first and asking questions later you need to be very aware of this. |
That's ridiculous, what ever happened to Freedom of Speech?
Can't you put a privacy policy / terms and conditions statement on the site that mentions something along the lines that you try and monitor posts etc.. however you cannot stay on top of everything and if there are any disputes etc.. then they should contact you first to resolve the matter?
I know from my personal experience in Australia, I had a police officer call me out of the blue and ask about someone who was using my website to contact sellers of car parts or cars and try scam bank details from them.
I was oblivious to this happening at the time as I had not been contacted, but the police were first contacted. After the discussion with the police officer I placed some t&c's on the site, as well as a warning in the classifieds section of the site.
I agree its a good idea to monitor posts / activity on your sites, but you honestly can't monitor everything.
Back on topic
Setting up a forum takes time and as Blacknight said an active group of users and moderators. You might want to try promoting your website by visiting blogs / websites where users have complained and ask them to share their opinions on your forum.
You might also consider running
Google Adwords / Content Network ads for terms that relate to say "my ISP sucks" and "i hate hosting company x" etc..
Also you might want to consider some
SEO (search engine optimisation) plugins for your forum to make it more search engine friendly.