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10-03-2008, 07:52 AM
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Any use starting a new forum?
I'd like to start a forum for my local city but with all the forums already online is it really worth it?
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10-03-2008, 07:53 AM
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Id say go for it.
Start up costs are kinda zero and you´ll see where you end up 
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10-03-2008, 07:53 AM
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Depends on where you live... but in general I'd think the effort vs reward would not be worth it. I could be wrong.
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10-03-2008, 07:55 AM
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i agree with jens, what have you got to loose? go for it
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10-03-2008, 08:05 AM
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Depends, find a good niche and go with it
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10-03-2008, 08:21 AM
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Probably not unless you already have good amount of targetted traffic and/or feel your forum will offer something the others aren't.
Biggest cost of running a forum is time and hassle ... dealing with problem users, spammers, control freaks, recruiting mods, etc. Add on top of that the costs of hosting, if planning to run a vBulletin forum, which uses a lot of server resources and requires a lot of maintenance to keep updated and secure... And even that's no gurantee - many vBulletin forum operators running the latest version have been forced to turn new registrations off or spend a lot of time reviewing each one - see details at vBulletin support forum. And there are more threads about the issue on other sites. http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1631469 Bottom line is unless your proposed forums are going to offer something substantially different than the current ones, it's likely not worth the bother; ad click-through rates on forums is the pits. Perhaps consider a blog that allows some limited user interaction as an alternative. Ron
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10-03-2008, 08:26 AM
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if you have something new and good marketing skills go for it. develop a website/portal to go with it.
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10-03-2008, 09:14 AM
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Go for it.
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10-03-2008, 11:08 AM
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there are thousand of forums, but only few are worth to checkout, so if you know what are you doing, you can have success anytime
wish you luck with it
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10-03-2008, 11:14 AM
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hi
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If you know how to promote it, it's worth it.
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10-03-2008, 11:22 AM
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I just opened one, sure why not.
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10-03-2008, 11:24 AM
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Running forums has turned into a full-time baby sitting job for me. It pays off though. phpBB3 is a godsend.
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