If you want to make it easier managing a forum, do it the best way, and start a niche forum. I run a webmaster forum along with Piet and I have to admit, I don't think it is going anywhere, mainly because there are several webmaster forums out there offering a "community", activity matters.
Midlandi, I used to run a computer forum as you may be aware of, it was previously running on phpBB after a while, I thought upgrading to vB would be a great idea, and I tried to make it as userfriendly as possible, but in the end, it took too much time helping users with volunteer work. Nor, did I have active staff or users backing up, so I sold it to a good webmaster that has done his job quite impressive.
Forums take time and hard work. There are no shortcuts, as least not based on my experience.
Regards,
Meti
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