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Free vs paid hosted forums?

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Do you prefer to be on forums on free hosts (proboards, forumotion, etc) or do you prefer to be on forums that use paid hosting and maybe a premium software like Xenforo? Maybe none of it matters to you and you just join because of the content and people there?
 
Done both before and prefer self hosting nowadays. I've run free forums before tho.
 
From the perspective of being a regular member, I don't really care what hosting or software a board uses. As long as I can figure out how to type out a post and submit it, thats all that matters.

From an owner's standpoint, obviously I prefer hosting and maintaining software myself.
 
Done both. Loved zetaboards…I’ve tried proboards as well..Jcink is good.. then Mybb..phpBB and now I’m sticking with SMF.
 
If I had the money and skills, I'd prefer self-hosted software over free software. But, for the time being, I prefer free software since it's only for a hobby and nothing serious.
 
No…I pay for it, It’s 100% mine.
What host do you use?
This is mine..
What made you choose the SMF software? What do you like about it?
If I had the money and skills, I'd prefer self-hosted software over free software. But, for the time being, I prefer free software since it's only for a hobby and nothing serious.
Would you do a XenForo forum? IPB?
 

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