It hosts thousands of home pages and message boards for free. They finally got it switched to the new software and it runs great now. They have a board search engine , so look up what you want for a subject. Jokes to medical are covered.
All member’s can create a home page and a message board for free.
The delphi forums look somewhat similar to the softwarwe I listed above. I now prefer the UBB boards, but somehow not everyone wants them. I discuss at one other UBB board.
www.mudcat.org is a site I lurk at occasionally. Smart bunch, decent soft ware, but highly specilaized. If you have no interest in folk, blues, or traditional music, it’ll bore you.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
–Einstein
I’m going to check out some of the message boards mentioned. I need an alternative when the SDMB goes down… 
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
– John Kenneth Galbraith