I used to use phpBB back in the day. Vanilla forums has seemed interesting to me for a while (https://vanillaforums.com/), I used HostGator back in the day (https://www.hostgator.com/). Source: about 2 years ago

That one seems to be built with Vanilla Forums: https://vanillaforums.com/en/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

They're blaming their service provider for not working on the weekend, even though they should have been well aware of that when considering them as a service provider and should have planned their migration schedule accordingly. Source: almost 3 years ago

> Where is the public open chats of cyber space? It used to be every tech-savvy person had their own PhpBB instance and built small communities with that. All that has largely migrated to Discord, Reddit, Facebook Groups, and to a lesser extent: Lemmy & Mastodon. There's also quite niche and bespoke communities like Subreply[0], Tildes[1], and Raddle[2] (Built with Postmill). I prefer the Reddit style Karma system... - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

Ironically, the anarchist site that the devs used to pour scorn on, Raddle, is still going just fine. Source: 12 months ago

I would check out https://raddle.me and https://beehaw.org. Both seem to be positive and cozy spaces. They might not have all the relevant communities but it's a good start. Source: 12 months ago

My apologies, I will edit the post to redirect to the site. The site is available here. Source: 12 months ago

I've seen some other alternatives such as raddle where independent users are trying to recreate the Reddit experience with a new platform (yet it doesn't seem to use the same Karma System, make of that what you will) but I'm still curious to see where everyone is going if large parts of Reddit disappear after July 1st... Source: 12 months ago