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I've been missing niche forums more and more recently and this event makes me realise how much more we need them.

I've actually had to make a Facebook account now to find things.

The past few years we've had a lot of host your own blog options pop up but forum software seems a bit stuck for the non tech person to go and set one up.

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PikaPods[1] has a nearly 'one click' install process for Flarum, though it's not on the level of, say, creating a Discord server in terms of ease of use for non-technical people.

The cost to run a small server is less than $2/month.

I have no affiliation w/ pikapods, just a satisfied customer.

1. https://www.pikapods.com/apps

as a forum software, discourse (which flarum appears to be derivative of) is flatly terrible.

It's old but an SMF forum will be way more usable.

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