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Well, I'm looking for a good forum service that is of course free. What would you suggest?
In response to Ter13
Lower your expectations if your going for a free forum.
In response to Mahn
He said good. So why link to proboards?
In response to Smoko
Smoko wrote:
He said good. So why link to proboards?

because while people may not like proboards, they *do* do a service, and not a bad one. if you don't like it, that's your problem - hundreds of existing satisfied users can't be all wrong.

besides, can you offer anything better?
In response to digitalmouse
I have no problem with proboards. Apart from their horrible forum HTML out put. And the thousands of users that make horrible themes.

And no, I cant provide a better service. For lack of money for servers. And advertising, not to mention I'm not any good with PHP for lack of use. But, given the chance I would love to try and beat them.
Good and free dosn't exist unless it's beta testing for something that you are going to have to pay for when finished, there are rare exceptions for some things but not many and the ones that are good are hard to find.
In response to Dark_Shadow_Ninja
Do you know what your talking about?

Linux, GCC, PHP, Apache, Doom, and a bunch of other stuff including BYOND are free. And great. It isnt hard to find good free programs.

Take a look around http://sf.net for proof.
In response to Smoko
Yes, I am talking about all the free websites, free forums. All that crap, they are [poopy-doodles!]. Yes there are GOOD free programs, and quite a few. Programs are the exception.

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In response to Nesso
All I want is something that is fairly easy to use, and provides fairly nice support when it comes to customizing the forums. Is that so much to ask for? =(
In response to Digital Samurai
smfforfree.com
free simple machines forum
Kujila.com

I have 10 GB of monthly bandwidth. I will host either a domain or a subdomain of your choosing (You would supply your own domain, of course!)

You will be not be allowed to allow forum users to upload images/file attachments.

If, within a month, there is no substantial activity (my determination), I will send you a notice, and then close the forum.

Is that thar' fair?

IPB 1.3, PHPBB2, SMF, PUNBB, or any other free PHP-based forum systems you would like me to install.

~Kujila
In response to digitalmouse
just because lots of people settle for proboards and the average joe can't provide a better alternative doesn't mean that it's a great service - which, in my humble opinion, it ins't.
In response to PirateHead
It's not what about is what's better it's what about sucks the less. People all thought the world was flat at one time few thought it was round, many people thought that we where the certain of the unvirse.
In response to PirateHead
I call Godwin's Law!

Seriously though, no matter how much they may or may not suck, comparing Proboards to Nazis is going a bit far.