# Probably the best community forum ever!
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/probably-the-best-community-forum-ever/179232
**Category:** Praise
**Created:** [February 10, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probably-the-best-community-forum-ever/179232 "2021-02-10T19:26:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@png](https://meta.discourse.org/u/png)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probably-the-best-community-forum-ever/179232/1 "2021-02-10T19:26:51Z")
I’m gonna make a new community soon, and I wanna say that this is no doubt, one of the best forums I have ever seen! Sure, it is expensive for Discourse hosting, but the best thing is, you can self-host with cheap VPS hosting sites! I wanna say Discourse, you are amazing, the layout seems amazing and I would like to create my forum asap. Rock on Discourse!
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probably-the-best-community-forum-ever/179232/2 "2021-02-10T19:31:22Z")
Hey @png!
Thanks for the positive feedback it’s really appreciated and I’m sure the team will be happy too! 🎉
My eyes don’t work after looking at that gif 😂
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probably-the-best-community-forum-ever/179232/3 "2021-02-10T19:39:01Z")
\< $10 a month self-hosting is expensive? Compared to?
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### Author:  [@png](https://meta.discourse.org/u/png)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probably-the-best-community-forum-ever/179232/4 "2021-02-10T20:07:04Z")
> [@ondrej](#):
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> My eyes don’t work after looking at that gif 😂
Can we get an F in the chat for his eyes?
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### Author:  [@png](https://meta.discourse.org/u/png)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probably-the-best-community-forum-ever/179232/5 "2021-02-10T20:08:21Z")
Oh never mind I was looking at the Advanced VPS section. My bad.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probably-the-best-community-forum-ever/179232/6 "2021-02-10T20:16:18Z")
Yes, the big machines can get very expensive to rent, but thankfully not needed for small communities. If you grow very significantly (10’s of thousands of users or more), you may need to find ways of monetising or get support from the community to help pay the costs.
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### Author:  [@png](https://meta.discourse.org/u/png)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probably-the-best-community-forum-ever/179232/7 "2021-02-10T20:21:04Z")
Yeah, I see, I don’t want to display ads on my forum, but rather do what Wikipedia does, ask for donations to keep the forums running.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probably-the-best-community-forum-ever/179232/8 "2021-02-10T20:21:45Z")
Yes, that’s a reasonable strategy.