i would have to say that a site can grow and be great even if the admin never posts more then a few times a week if that. cause i have seen it happen before and but i would have to say that i always like seeing the admin the forums posting when they get the chance because it shows that that they care about the site. i also believe that mods do a great job at keeping this and all forums running but the behind the scenes stuff is just as important as the posts and the community

I agree that an admin can almost be hands-off in responding to posts in their own forum. Mods generally understand that the admin are busy doing behind the scenes stuff, so we carry on as normal, and only bug the admin when needed.

Now, it might be worth it to consider adding an additional admin, should things get too busy for one person. Or, at least, delegate some tasks to some mods if things got too much for one admin.

cscgal, Im not sure of the hierarchy on these forums but a second-in-command to the admin is very practical and almost necessary to a large forum. Having one will not only help reduce your responsibility, it will also allow you vacation time without worrying about how the forums are running.

I do not believe that moderators can adequately replace an admin.

I should have just agreed with you
:rolleyes: :o

I must say that I was actually suprised at your involvement with your forum. I mean the fact that you welcome all the new members is great and I think that you know what you need to do. I'm a little late on this thread, but I just needed to put that out.

Alcides.

Thanks so much When I first started this forum, I basically participated in almost every thread (what admin doesn't with 5 members and 20 threads? ) As the forum grew, not only was I unable to keep up, but I find myself interacting with the community a lot less than even moderators and regular members. Which worried me a bit. But after seeing all the replies in this thread, I'm feeling a lot more secure that I'm on the right path.

Good Morning CSCGAL & Daniweb,

Question1:
You are on the money. You have your priorities in order. A good entrepreneur admin should be forward thinking and always growing one’s market share.

If you answered questions all day long, how would you find time to increase your knowledge and achieve your goals?

Surround yourself with good people you trust and let them handle the Q&A’s.


Question2:
A good moderator should enjoying answering questions and learning with everyone. If the moderator holds that against you they are being short sighted and therefore not a good moderator

My 2 cents

I couldn't agree more. One of the things that made me register was how nice cscgal was to all newcomers, and how rare that is. From the end of tech i'm in the top admin rarely posts, and if he/she does it's mostly to thier own mods or blogs (sort of). Eventually it grows wasy to large for you to go on with your own career. But at the same time you make all of those contacts in the field from your forums. It's a catch 22 kind of. But your own career has to be prority over all else imo. Career, Family, and life outside of tech ware way - way more important then a forum ever will be. But since you started such a nice thing, and it grew, and you have valued mods and members it can kind of run itself eventually with the help you have. I gave up some of those things to spend time with family after my Father passed away, and now I just....LURK. LMAO. , and post once in a while in a really nice forum like this one~

lets face it, success is a painful process. once you achieve it to some degree other things will suffer. I thought you were quite active on your site and was kinda amazed.
[still am amazed]
Ive got waaay to many damned projects and not eneough time. Im a big fan of no
plan at all- seat of your pants, knee jerk decisions. kinda mentally painful though
makes ya wanna freak out like a valley girl in a shopping mall without a credit card.
Kinda makes ya wanna quit it all and just become a hermit in the hills. Information/tasking overload is a bad thing; especially when self induced.
Ha! retire by 40?! WTF was I thinking?! Im gonna pop before then.
I dont think im gonna make it. need vacation. stress is bad- scotchy good.

zim say "ride the pig"

Hehe. A tad stressed out, Cain? So from all of your comments, it seems I'm doing it right. Ooh goodie I'm happy.