Triathlon Social Networking Site?

[jared]

So I've been throwing around the idea of converting DetroitTriathlon.com to a Detroit Triathlon social networking site? It would be along the lines of something like Facebook but it would be focused on Detroit area triathlon. We could still have the forums but there would be a lot more opportunities for people in creating their profile and interacting with others.

I think it would help to build more of a community and create much more interaction between people. I think forums are great and they've done pretty well but I believe that it's not conducive to getting the majority of users involved. It also neglects many of the social aspects found in something like Facebook. Creating niche social networking sites has been very popular and although there are quite a few triathlon social networking sites, there isn't one that's focused on Detroit and Michigan.

What do you think?

Would you be more involved if this were a social networking site with forums as opposed to just forums?

[MikeJ]

Sounds good as long as there's no farmville.

[Neuggs]

Why not just use Facebook? It already has what you likely need...and yes, I'd use it more...lots more.