I host my message board on a VPS. It helps that I work in the tech field. Even then it took a bit to get everything up and going

Here is my NodeBB instance: https://locationforums.com.
It's still new and lacking content. I'm working on it. I'm hoping to one day plug it into the fediverse so it can work as local groups for people on other platforms. Looking forward to all the new fediverse developments on NodeBB. It's a great software.

Thank you! @baris