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Yep its tough to get a forum active..
As others have suggested, I would create a few fake nicks and make mutiple posts everyday, create a forum that requires a set level of posts to be able to access works well, as you have seen here on gfy, posts about controversial subjects gets people to post more often.
A rank system according to post count can help.
I've done contests too, one that works well is to have the contest tied to TOPIC starting, make a 5-10 topic min to qualify for the prize...run it for 2-3 weeks, you'll get activity in your forums like that.
You can also give prizes for the most prolific posters every month.
My experience with running forums over the years is only about 5-10% of the readers ever post..you see that on just about every forum going...same people doing the majority of posting every day.
I think thats just a reflection of society in general...
Good Luck
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