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by betaby 461 days ago
Yes. Mostly hosted in the USA.

Problem is that regional forums in Europe died because of the regulations.
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jvidalv 461 days ago
The biggest forum in the world is european.

forocoches(dot)com

And I have more:

mediavida(dot)com ( it means half-life :) )

And then I have random ones:

redcafe(dot)net foro.acb(dot)com

I read them, and post on them daily, forums are alive and kicking it on europe :)

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mvc 461 days ago
Why do you care where a forum with no regulations is hosted?
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gnarlynarwhal42 461 days ago
he mentioned regional forums, so I assume a large part of what is missing is a common culture/language instead of whatever conglomeration comes out of the US.

the EU regulations made it harder/less attractive to host a small local forum and I think that was his point

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immibis 461 days ago
Which regulations specifically? GDPR?

It may just be because people in Europe interact in real life more and don't need an online forum.

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