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suleika:
I've never seen anything quite as helpful and friendly as DC, but there are some great forums for other fields of interest. Where do you like to spend your time? Is it all about community? Or is it pithy, ruthlessly filtered material? Does it supply links, downloads, news, laughs, tips, bargains, or brain-fodder? Or is it simply the ultimate resource for some specific need?
I've found forums useful time and time again for finding answers to technical and specialised questions. Once I discover a forum, I sometimes use the google advanced search option (site:interestingsite.com) to get answers faster.
I've just spend some time on FlyerTalk - a Frequent Flyer Community - a very useful resource. I've visited it many times but only just joined it.
And I mentioned recently in a post of mine a good forum about website hosting - webhostingtalk.
More obscurely, I've seen some interesting German-English-German postings on the Leo website forum.
Please post about your non-DC forum experiences here - especially the good ones!
Renegade:
I hang out at the JoelOnSoftware forums a lot. I mostly lurk like everywhere else. It's very useful for developers, but there are always some people that get nasty or "smart". It's still a very good place though.
Other places I read/post/lurk are the OISV, ASP, AISIP.
housetier:
I don't post on any other forum than here on DC. I just wanted to say that IMHO donationcoder.com is the best forum!
The attractivity of a forum is defined by its treatment of new members. That's what I really care about: how they deal with "noobs". I have extremely high standards WRT foums, and the donationcoders are the only ones that can live up to these standards.
suleika:
Yes, some forums are for lurking - too dangerous to jump in!
I thought of another one - Chowhound. I often check there when I travel, to find the good places to eat. It's friendly, although it still took me a long time to get up the courage to join and poste.
mouser:
For security software:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/
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