Nothing left to set up a vb for

[dan40]

How can one talk incessantly about coffee? But it's not a bad idea. I drink tea and there are TONS of different kinds of teas in the world... maybe that would be something. I'm really into Disney stuff... the parks, the 'behind the scenes' facts, animation, etc... but like I was saying this kind of stuff is just discussed to death on other sites and I just don't feel that there is anything else to offer on the subject of Disney.

A few versions ago, I had a site up that had to do with TV themes. That went pretty well and I had quite a large database, and quite a few users, and even integrated PhotoPost with it to accept uploads of other people's recorded versions of TV themes. That was great - until I found someone else with a similar board, who stole all of my recorded videos and set them up as their own - someone who was more into it than me, so I kind of lost interest. And plus I had a couple of people write and tell me to remove copyrighted material from my site or they would sue me.

Now I'm trying a genealogy site (http://www.dansmith.ca/vb - OK, not the best URL but it's a start). I'm researching my family history and including extended families on my mom's and dad's side, and have again integrated PhotoPost as an option after registering, so other family members can upload their own images. One of the biggest problems here is that most of my relatives don't have scanners and they can just barely use a keyboard, and it's so friggin' hard to get people to contribute in such a passionate topic for me. I kind of nudged my long-lost relatives by email to participate but it's mainly falling on deaf ears (eyes?). So I'll just go with it the way it is, with 3 users (including me) and see where it goes from there. Maybe making it a general overall topic about genealogy might do - with how-to's on what to ask your relatives before they pass away and what kind of answers to record. You know, general genealogy basics.

But again, there are hundreds of sites out there already who beat topics like genealogy, TV themes and Disney to death.

Sysops: How do you keep from getting discouraged because other similar information is out there and what can you offer your users that will keep them at your site?

Thanks for letting me talk about this - I'm becoming more enlightened as time goes on...