I'm not sure what change other than the traffic. www.mainstreamtopics.com/forums Anyone have any pointers for me? Thanks!
Because the forum organization isn't good and it's boring! Give me a reason to register. Be unique. Get custom design.. Many ways to bring your forum to life, but most importantly forum sections and organization!
How can it die if it isn't alive yet? Its not really dead. Its just new. You need to captures peoples attention. Make them want to join your forum. Give it that X factor.
IMHO it is not as bad as you describe, it does have a decent number of postings. Maybe the OP can hire some expert posters in this field to put some life in the forum.
Is your forum optimized for Google and Yahoo? The forums that I run receive the most number of visitors from Google search.