Just getting some info is all.
I understand you’re looking for a place to host your own message board?
If so, have a look at www.rapidforum.com which is a web-based message board. It’s ad-financed, and IMO quite fast.
No, probably you didn’t.
I just haven’t read about the upcoming charge for the SMDB. That’s what it is about, I guess.
The only forum I can think of that isn’t free isSomething Awful. They’re quite successful. They’ve probably had 30,000 total members pay the $10 one-time fee.
There are too many right answers for this to fit neatly into GQ, so I’ll move this thread to IMHO.
bibliophage
moderator GQ
Check out www.ezboard.com . You can post whereever you like for free, or create a message board for free. I’m an admin of a board over there and have no complaints at all.
Salon isn’t free.
There are a lot of dopers at Unaboard and Fathom. There will probably be more shortly.