March 21st, 2020 at 12:12 AM
Welcome to the forums @Plushy!
I agree that in most cases, having general knowledge and some experience is generally hugely beneficial. I have seen plenty of forums succeed where the admin had no experience whatsoever, and was willing to learn on the fly. These forums always had a rough start (usually ran phpBB with the default theme for years), but there is more to a community than just the theme, or the SEO, or the software.
That said, in most cases, successful communities were made on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th+ tries. Particularly in the community of forum administrators, promotion forums, software support forums, etc.
I agree that in most cases, having general knowledge and some experience is generally hugely beneficial. I have seen plenty of forums succeed where the admin had no experience whatsoever, and was willing to learn on the fly. These forums always had a rough start (usually ran phpBB with the default theme for years), but there is more to a community than just the theme, or the SEO, or the software.
That said, in most cases, successful communities were made on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th+ tries. Particularly in the community of forum administrators, promotion forums, software support forums, etc.
