Are there any good software/technical online community forums left?

[courtg9000]

I haven't done mainstream tech like a lot of people here for many years.
I do dabble with web servers and self-hosting and actually find certain Facebook groups rather helpful these days.

[cojak]

Don’t ignore Reddit, there are shed loads of subs on there and one might fit the bill.

But Discord is the place to go if you’re looking for technical forums.

[vwdan]

So where is there for decent discussion rather than Q&A? Has Reddit become the defacto standard - I've never got into it? I miss the days when you could ask a question and get thoughtful replies from people who were genuinely interested in the topic rather than in getting upvoted, or who are more interested in finding ways to nit-pick your question than answer it.

Do you mean the answers of "you're doing it wrong", when "it" is a system inside a huge enterprise of which you have zero control over are not helpful?

[_V_]

I have never found one. Reddit is crap and so is every other forum.

[d000hg]

No, forums are dead.

So where is there for decent discussion rather than Q&A? Has Reddit become the defacto standard - I've never got into it? I miss the days when you could ask a question and get thoughtful replies from people who were genuinely interested in the topic rather than in getting upvoted, or who are more interested in finding ways to nit-pick your question than answer it.

[_V_]

No, forums are dead.

[d000hg]

"What have you tried?"

[DevUK]

StackOverflow is really great, but has seemingly ripped the heart out of most coding forums I used to love and sometimes, you want to toss ideas around or ask for suggestions rather than a simple Q&A format. Sometimes, you don't even know what question you want to ask
Places like CUK Technical are genuinely a big help but are there any good, active forums out there related to development, design, all that stuff anyone would recommend?

"What have you tried?"

[d000hg]

StackOverflow is really great, but has seemingly ripped the heart out of most coding forums I used to love and sometimes, you want to toss ideas around or ask for suggestions rather than a simple Q&A format. Sometimes, you don't even know what question you want to ask
Places like CUK Technical are genuinely a big help but are there any good, active forums out there related to development, design, all that stuff anyone would recommend?