What forums are still active?
Posted by Regular_Damage_23@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 23 comments
Long before I was using Reddit in 2013 under a different username, I was quite active on a number of discussion forums. The main forums I used were the SpaceBattles, SufficientVelocity, and AlternateHistory forums. Most of my interest are around fiction, gaming, science and technology. It seems like whenever I go to a forum now, it looks like every forum is in the process of being dead or dying. When I sometimes look through a forum I'll see how many members are online and I'll see at most 10 people. It seems like every site is mostly just Reddit, Discord, Quora, Stack Exchange, or Facebook groups. I want to know are there any forums out there that are still active that have at least 1,000 members or 1,000+ posts a day?
Queen-of-mischief@reddit
This thread is a few months old, but give https://www.forumdiscovery.com/ a look if you haven't run into it already.
IsleOfThor@reddit
I started an old school gaming forums to geek out on gaming. Gamersgab.com
Cpvrx@reddit
The VGR forum, GamingLatest, Virtualpetlist, and Roflmao are other forums that are quite active.
How long has your forum been opened? There's an admin/promotion forum that helps community owners with content as well. It launched a few months ago.
nig8mare@reddit
Gbatemp has been around since early 2000s but wasn't always a forum site but is now a forum based mostly focused on the gba but does also include other consoles too
prankster999@reddit
Gaming wise, there's Neogaf and Resetera. But both forums have been accused of being incredibly toxic in the past.
Initial-Picture-5638@reddit
GamingLatest and VGR’s forums are also pretty active. They’re both gaming forums.
Beyond-Finality@reddit
Both of them hate generally hate each other. Doesn't stop some members from double dipping.
endymion_frs@reddit
Surprised no one brought up Something Awful
eaglebtc@reddit
Seconded. They practically helped invent modern internet meme culture.
NickBlasta3rd@reddit
Yes and revisiting groverhaus in the goldmine reminded my why it’s a great place.
DarkBeautifulKisses@reddit
Do you use the android app for it ? What's your opinion on it
endymion_frs@reddit
I use the iOS app and it’s great. Prior to 2021 I was on Android and I had no complaints about its app either
DarkBeautifulKisses@reddit
Ah ok cool
NickBlasta3rd@reddit
I've made my way back to SA after a long hiatus. It's nice to be back.
lgwhitlock@reddit
Here are a few more I found today.
XDA Forums https://xdaforums.com/ Mobile device forums and more
BadCaps Forums https://www.badcaps.net/homepage-community Electronics Repair
DonationCoder Forums https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/
WindowsSeven Forums https://www.sevenforums.com/forum.php
ElektroTanya Forums https://elektrotanya.com/forum A place to find service manuals and more for device repair
Email Questions https://www.emailquestions.com/
DSLRports Forums https://www.dslreports.com/forums/all
TinyRodgers@reddit
Boxden.
Don't actually go there though. It's a literal wretched hive.
Ajreil@reddit
The LTT forums
derailedthoughts@reddit
Try the Straight Dope forum. They have dedicated sections on gaming and fiction and the quality of discussion was quite high.
WildWeazel@reddit
If you like strategy games, CivFanatics is less active than its heyday but still going strong.
lgwhitlock@reddit
There are more than I could possibly remember. Here are a few I just found in my bookmarks.
NeoWin Forums https://www.neowin.net/forum/
Winders Security Forums https://www.wilderssecurity.com/
Spiceworks Forums https://community.spiceworks.com/featured
MSFN Forums https://msfn.org/board/index.php
My Digital Life Forums https://forums.mydigitallife.net/
AskWoody Forums https://www.askwoody.com/forums/
TechSupport Forum https://www.techsupportforum.com/
Bleeping Computer Forums https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
Many of these are tech related forums. Are you looking for a specific subject matter?
Good luck with your search.
hardesthardcoregamer@reddit
Check out the MelonLand forum, they discuss internet culture and such there. Agora's Road is also a good one.
Reddit_Is_Hot_Shite@reddit
railforums.co.uk is okay but has serious problems with overmoderating.
tunachilimac@reddit
Most those forums probably support RSS feeds. I prefer slower forums because with 1000+ daily posts the quality is usually kind of shit. So add them all to an RSS reader you can see a lot of posts all in one place but they’re typically higher quality. That’s what I do anyways.