the difference between you and me may be the goals... you want to do it for a hobby, a interesting sparetime... i'm doing it on competition goals... i want to have the best and the better forums possible for each topic i start with. so i'm on these sites 24/7.... (or i have staff with me that do the job when i'm not)...

if you want to do it as a hobby, focus on the hobby side of it... even if someone else have a site like yours, do it for your fun... you would not be happy on someone else's forum, so do it on your own, your way.

other sites will be better and greater than yours, because they work more on it... but why compare yourself with others... do you have to die because your neighbour have more hair that you do ?!