Newbie interested in starting a forum

[smithster898]

Hey Everyone,

I'm really new to forums and I am very familiar with Facebook, quite interested in it to be honest. But to put it into a nutshell, I'm interested in starting a community about sports and athletic development. Forums seem very appealing to me because of the social networking gist of it. But in general, what forum software is out there and how can it benefit me as a website owner?

Appreciate any feedback possible,

Thanks!
Eric

[smithster898]

Thanks for the reply, but actually after taking a further look at my options, I'm pretty much sold on forum software. I think the control over the users is what sealed the deal. Since you can't do that on Facebook and all.

In your opinion, which paid solutions do you think are best suited for a website expected to have consistent traffic, maybe about 400 to a 1000 users visited a day?

Thanks
Eric