# 转向社区网站（需要您的建议） **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Building\ **Created:** [2018年七月17日 14:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pivoting-to-community-site-need-your-advice/92542 "2018-07-17T14:30:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![delurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/delurge/32/101239_2.png) [@delurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/delurge)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月17日 14:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pivoting-to-community-site-need-your-advice/92542/1 "2018-07-17T14:30:29Z")
Hi, so I started a directory website for my local community that didn’t grow. The site’s been up for about 3 years now but there’s been no real growth. I attribute that to Google My Business. The Big G has killed the local directory business. Anyway, we have a thriving Instagram community and I’m seriously thinking about retiring the directory/blog model for a forum and let user-generated content drive it. My target area is one of the fastest growing regions in my city. How would you advice I grow the forum ensuring it becomes succesful in little time. The niche is hyperlocal. ---
**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月18日 04:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pivoting-to-community-site-need-your-advice/92542/2 "2018-07-18T04:30:27Z")
> [@delurge](#): > > How would you advice I grow the directory ensuring it becomes succesful in little time. Hey there. I’m a bit confused. Do you want to grow the directory or retire it in favour of a forum? ---
**Author:** ![delurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/delurge/32/101239_2.png) [@delurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/delurge)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月18日 04:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pivoting-to-community-site-need-your-advice/92542/4 "2018-07-18T04:56:59Z")
Thank you. I’ve corrected that. I intend to retire the directory and grow the forum. What’s your advice? ---
**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月18日 05:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pivoting-to-community-site-need-your-advice/92542/5 "2018-07-18T05:04:39Z")
Step 1 for success is making sure you are fulfilling a need. Have you talked to your potential audience to make sure that they actually want or need a forum? ---
**Author:** ![delurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/delurge/32/101239_2.png) [@delurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/delurge)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月19日 16:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pivoting-to-community-site-need-your-advice/92542/6 "2018-07-19T16:26:28Z")
I believe they do. It’s a vibrant and fast-growing city with a very upwardly mobile educated population. ---
**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月19日 22:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pivoting-to-community-site-need-your-advice/92542/7 "2018-07-19T22:11:53Z")
> [@delurge](#): > > I believe they do. It’s a reasonably common trap to design based on assumptions. ---
**Author:** ![SouperC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/souperc/32/62875_2.png) [@SouperC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SouperC)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月20日 00:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pivoting-to-community-site-need-your-advice/92542/8 "2018-07-20T00:50:27Z")
Who is having the problem you’re trying to solve? What are they doing right now to work around that problem? Have people reached out to you and said they will contribute in some way? Blogs and directories can be user-generated and frankly offer a better experience for the person looking for something as they can be geolocation based from a phone. I don’t think changing platforms is going to help your situation.