I know there are many other general forums around, and I know it will be a challenge to start the site up, but I believe I can make it work out.
I'll have to agree there Ben. There are forums about everything and plenty variations of them. I'm in the same boat as you, mine is a more defined area but nned to get it up and going. I have requested friends and family join to make it at least appear active.
I'm just making a ton of accounts and building it myself. Sooner or later, when I start promoting it, people will join. However, I'm not exactly sure where to promote it.
I received another real member today. I was excited! I still haven't got a click on the ads yet though because they are so unrelated to the site.
I have the same problem with the adds. I started adding some content to some of the threads just offering general info and the adds started to come arround. But if you want to join a lesbian chat or looking for hot latino singles, you can get that from my adds Hopefully once I start getting more content posted they will all change.