[muzani]

I always go back to the Dwarf Fortress forums from time to time [1]. It has the downsides of old school forums including no mobile support and limited threading. But it's often worth it.

Other complex gaming forums are great too - Paradox, Aurora 4X. Lots of hobbyist forums are great too, as long as they're not too 'normie', but discovering them has become more difficult with Reddit dominating search results.

The diversity in these places are a lot better too. It's not just tech bros, there are those who work blue collar jobs and those who work different fields, come from different countries.

[1] http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/