>General IT community: https://community.spiceworks.com/ https://community.spiceworks.com/ I dont see any forums there, just a company making money as a middle

>General IT community: https://community.spiceworks.com/ https://community.spiceworks.com/ I dont see any forums there, just a company making money as a middle man? EIDT: found it hiding under "ACTIVE GROUPS THIS WEEK" somewhere at the bottom, terrible interface, but I see the utility. Obvious ones: IT stackexchange electronics https://www.eevblog.com/forum/ https://www.eevblog.com/forum/ hobby vintage computing https://www.vogons.org https://www.vogons.org https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php https://eab.abime.net https://eab.abime.net https://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/ https://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/ In general technical topics have a higher chance of having a dedicated community run old school forums, while less technical ones tend to concentrate around social media.