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**Damien** · 14-02-2005, 23:10

No, Hardly anyone uses windows 98 anymore yet alone 95. Also windows ME & 2000 are quite similer in some respects. Not to mention that the user can just mention what OS they are running anyway when making the topic.

Spliting it up like that makes it harder for members to browse problems a lot of which are the same though 98 to XP. Also if i knew how to slove a problem on win 98 but had win xp i would only go to the XP section so i could never see the query in the 98 forum.

And there is a BIG difference between your forum and thiers, they have members. I am not picking on you, i have failed at many forums too. The main problem you have is in drawing people to your forum and copy other forums mean you have NO orignal content, nothing unique to your forum. So why would people bother?

Also less forums means more posts located in fewer forums which gives the impression that the forum is busyier than it actually is which means more members. Spreading out your few posts across loads of sections make it seem empty, meaning less members.

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Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Team Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 32,886	Re: [Merged] Promote your own website No, Hardly anyone uses windows 98 anymore yet alone 95. Also windows ME & 2000 are quite similer in some respects. Not to mention that the user can just mention what OS they are running anyway when making the topic. Spliting it up like that makes it harder for members to browse problems a lot of which are the same though 98 to XP. Also if i knew how to slove a problem on win 98 but had win xp i would only go to the XP section so i could never see the query in the 98 forum. And there is a BIG difference between your forum and thiers, they have members. I am not picking on you, i have failed at many forums too. The main problem you have is in drawing people to your forum and copy other forums mean you have NO orignal content, nothing unique to your forum. So why would people bother? Also less forums means more posts located in fewer forums which gives the impression that the forum is busyier than it actually is which means more members. Spreading out your few posts across loads of sections make it seem empty, meaning less members.