Forums are Too Much Work!
I have started forums in the past, and failed most of the time. Last march, I started a localized niche forums, which is doing quite well. It currently is nearing 1600 members.
Unfortunately, the server load required me to bail out of my shared server, and rent a dedicated server at 1 and 1. This costs $108 a month, and I really only break even on the site.
It probably wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t spend so much time on the site. I have a good team of mods, but still like to maintain control of day to day operations.
Despite the time requirements, I am pondering launching a large scale forums. I have an idea, and it will take a good amount of money to really set it off and get things going. I have not yet talked myself into taking this project on as I have recently been buying other smaller projects that need attention.
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