Scott Girvan said:
Like I mentioned in a PM - getting a site off the ground isn't easy. It really takes a lot of time, marketing and work - no matter type of site. I develop websites for clients daily and those that invest in content management, online and offline marketing gain the most ground.
Unfortunately the 'if you build it they will come' idea simply does not apply to the internet.
I have had the same experience. I started a forum for my customers about five years ago, and the spammers out numbered the customers 3 to 1 after about six months.
It looks like Scott started this forum around 2009, so it has been running for a few years. Even with that, there are times when there is little activity on the forum. So it will take time to get going.
One last thing, with the number of modeling forums on the web, you really need to do some marketing to attract people and offer something that the other sites don't. So as a suggestion, go check out some of the other forums out there. See what they are doing, or in the case of some of them, not doing. Also the people you attract will help with the forum. I am a member of two other forums, and rarely post on them. Mainly because I have encountered a few rude people there and just don't have time for that sort of behavior in my life. It does happen on this site, but very, very seldom. That is one of the reasons I have stayed here.