Originally Posted by Robson Definitly a market, some people can get forums going, some can't. But the market is there...no doubt. Look at offtopic.com. General pupose forums are hard to start simply because they have such a mass appeal.....maybe if you had a slight twist to it?

The only way to make a general discussion forum work today is to have a very unique twist or benefit. There are to many large forums like Off Topic, Something Aweful, or Living with Style. You would have to have something to get people talking about it offline.