@Professor 138159 wrote:
Please add the following to your list:
Pro:
1. Builds stickiness and daily visitors. Much easier to gain traction in the marketplace with return traffic then having to constantly bring in new eyeballs.2. Punters are much more likely to support you and your sponsors if they view you as a friend and fellow community member rather then just a site they stop by for odds lines at.
Cons:
1. An enormous amount of work, supervision and up keep. Far more work then most people envision or realize if you have any real number of participants.2. Much higher stress levels. You are dealing with a lot of different personalities and not all of them are pleasant. Its a balancing act to maintain a lively environment without it becoming a hostile one.
For your cons here.. even if you DONT have a lot of visitors, you’re in for some work.. you’re going to have to be very active in your forum.. to attract those visitors you’re going to want later! All without looking insane or desperate 
.. Forum posters might work, but half the time they’re idiots and you quickly delete their posts embarrassed that they were ever up.. other times.. theyre great, and u wish u could keep them forever 
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I second the stickyness.. check out my join date.. man I’m stuck!