Was thinking of setting a forum up myself.. Not on web or graphic design, maybe gaming or a freedom-ist site.

 

Maybe based on gaming, if there is a gap in the market (not Diablo series, definitely not)

 

I was just wondering if any of you guys had any ideas? What could I base a discussion forum on that may work/attract members where there is a gap in the market (a game/service/discussion forum not being provided for a certain topic)

 

Let me know your thoughts, guys, what do you think would make a good discussion forum?

If you don't even know what you want to set a forum up for, then why do you want to do it?

 

Unless you have a clear idea in your head then you're kinda wasting your time. It's got to be a niche idea too, something that does not already exist.

 

I personally don't see the need for any more forums on the internet, and I think setting up a forum is one of the biggest wastes of time when it comes to people tinkering on the net. 98% of them fail miserably.

The internet is littered with failed forums

I run a private, invite only forum. Its commonly used between its members (of which there are only around 20 regular posters). The point is this, if you already have people interested, then the forum will work, but as the other guys have said, there are hundreds of failed and dead forums around.

Thanks the feedback guys. Yeah, you're right, I need a decent idea set in mind I guess. I'm just looking around at the moment fishing for ideas and looking @ competition.

I don't think your forum will work unless you find a new niche that catches on with no competition... Chance of that is slim to nothing. You need luck.

 

I run a forum for a shooting club i am a member of. Its a invite only with maybe 50 active members. We all know each other in real life and it gets about 1 million page views per year and has over 100k posts.. I think that is successful in my eyes.

 

So if you want to do it find a small niche where you know the people (like a club) or build many and hope you get lucky.

 

But why do you want a forum...

I run a forum for a shooting club i am a member of. Its a invite only with maybe 50 active members. We all know each other in real life and it gets about 1 million page views per year and has over 100k posts.. I think that is successful in my eyes.

 

Good stuff man.

I haven't shot for a few years (mainly clay, pigeon, pheasant, goose , duck etc, mainly shot gun, some rifle.). I'm looking at getting back in to it but feel a little out of the loop. Any time you fancy inviting anyone in to the forum, let me know .

 

/shameless beg

Well basically I have an IPB licence from years ago I just re-found. So I was thinking of paying the renewal price and starting up a forum. I'm still getting some ideas, just thinking at the moment. Got a few solid ones but not enough for me to get started yet.. Of course I'm not going to rush into this and create a poorly made forum, if it's something I'm gonna do I gotta find something worth doing it for, I guess.