MyBB VS aether

Excellent! Glad we could get you sorted! Hosting can be scary and it's okay to be afraid to touch things or not understand certain settings or terms. Especially if you're new. The key is to read the documentation. For your forum needs, this can be found at https://mybb.com and https://phpbb.com

I actually recommend myBB [0] over phpBB for anyone looking to set up a LAMP forum. It's cleaner, better written, and possibly better maintained and with a much less scary vulnerability history. I believe it started off as an attempt to create an OSS version of IPB (or was it vB?).

[0]: https://github.com/mybb/mybb or https://mybb.com/

myBB is a forum software, yes it’s real :)

As u/Marble_Wraith mentioned. You will find more help and information at r/webdev. That being said, building a Forum is somewhat complex, if you're planning to do so from scratch without any prior knowledge this could be a challenging first task. If it's also an option to use a pre-build app, then https://mybb.com/ is a good starting point. You can also find some information on YouTube about how to get it running.

If you want something done and nobody is doing it, it is best to do it yourself.

She probably intimidated the group moderator, I can't see how any of that would have gotten you kicked out of a group. I suppose you could start your own group or even start one of those free forums like https://mybb.com/ and you decide how members will be vetted and of course everyone use a pseudonym. She probably has an alternate account that isn't her real name., hence why you can't block her. I suppose you could have an alternate account as well.

https://mybb.com/ free opensource forum software. Any Devs can set it up as a backup?

Something like this open source https://mybb.com/

Is this compatible with aether? What are the differences?

https://getaether.net/

Aether

Aether: getaether.net A decentralized, open-source platform for community discussions with strong privacy features.

Sorry, but you don't need to code. You can install the software from any web hosting C-Panels. Or use a company that doesn't treat you this way. There are other alternatives as well, including some that are decentralized. Nothing Reddit does is unique, or hard to find in any of their competitors. For instance: https://getaether.net/ I highly doubt they are not getting paid.

Aether sounds like what you want though. It's a reddit-style app that is in the pure decentralization model.

there's a sub on Aether called LinuxGaming as well

Aether App https://getaether.net/ And the moderation model is super based.