[GuyKels]

Some forum owners just hire moderators and stand-in admins to run their forums, rather than run their own. I prefer to work in my own. Obviously, I use volunteer moderators, but other than that I do all the admin.

[sbm]

guykels.....im also running my forum on my own........

[Ajay]

It depends on the volume of visitors and posts you receive.

I run my support forum on my own, while another forum has one other admin and mod.

[m3talc0re]

For now, I'm the only one on my forums.

[carla]

It's advisable actually to have moderators coz they also help your forum active and they can maintain harmony within your forum.

[ahkip]

i wish i have the time, i want to add forum to a few of my site. I know it will be pain in my neck

[ryquest]

Originally Posted by ahkip

i wish i have the time, i want to add forum to a few of my site. I know it will be pain in my neck

That's the exact reason I'm actually reconsidering and going to probably remove the idea of forum sections on my sites. The time involved vs. the return on that time investment doesn't quite add up.

[amygdala]

I only own one forum and there i am doing it myself. It is pretty big but there are a few users who keep their eyes open and contact me whenever there's a problem. They are doing it for free, just because they like the forum, and their behaviour is very helpful for me.

[tianlei]

I've always gotten people to help with moderating and still done the same job myself. I'm not going to try to tackle that huge job all by myself.

But right now, I have no forums of my own.

[SteveAR]

some members always follow the lead from the head admin. they tend to look for him since he is and should be the leader of the community.

its hard to do that when you own 5 or 6 forums. staying active is a full time job lol