This, I don't really understand this "bring back" things, there are a handful of forums I am visiting almost daily. And they are probably my most visited websites alongside hackernews and a couple of others.
This, I don't really understand this "bring back" things, there are a handful of forums I am visiting almost daily. And they are probably my most visited websites alongside hackernews and a couple of others.
Such as?
https://tl.net is a great old school forum if you like RTS games
Could you list a few?
I still regularly visit TheGearPage forum for musicians (mostly guitarists), and it's still active.
There's also Hardforum for hardware related discussions, though I don't visit as often anymore.
Many others I used to visit are dead.
FreeBSD forums, using XenForo which doesn't seem to be open source: https://forums.freebsd.org/
Arch Linux forums, using FluxBB: https://bbs.archlinux.org/
Free Pascal forums, using Simple Machines Forum: https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/
Python forums, using Discourse: https://discuss.python.org/
Nim forums, using their own nimforum software written in Nim: https://forum.nim-lang.org/
LinuxForums has been going strong for decades. My account there dates to 2004.
68KMLA (68K Macintosh Liberation Army): https://68kmla.org/bb/
electronic music production (hosted by elektron but discussion about other gear is accepted):
https://elektronauts.com
cycling:
https://velocipedesalon.com
https://forums.thepaceline.net
simracing:
https://simracingonline.co.uk
https://www.lfs.net/forum
https://www.overtake.gg/forums/
And a few others I visit less frequently but I won't mention because I have already leaked a lot of information :-)
I guess there are still a ton of forums that cover a wide variety of hobbies/interests.
A small but great little community: https://leviathanalpha.com/
https://www.avsforum.com/ has been running for around 30 years. Still my go to for in depth HT discussion. Much better than reddit.