depends on which forums, niche forums are still there like medical, joining the services, even reddit-evasion/advertising. news-type forums like lemmy and others are probably few and far between. before reddit, it was Y’A and ebaum, a little of yelp and QOURA too. i was on a drugs reaction forum, and a med forum for a while(because i suspected had some conditions going on that is undiagnosed).

Y/A was hilarious and was like reddit but unfiltered, since theres no moderation, but just reporting.