I really like the concept of a federated message board. This is what I wanted for my life. However, Lemmy.ml is kinda difficult to surf through comments and it’s actually bothering me. It actually clones the new reddit, while the old reddit was much better in terms of reading.
I really like the look of LemmyBB. It’s an alternative front-end for Lemmy that has the look of an “old internet” forum website. A few instances use it, but I haven’t looked into it enough to know if it federates well.