I saw the FreeBSD forum three or four years ago and was not enthusiastic about it. The people seem knowledgeable and friendly, but I found the level of moderation "a bit" excessive. Excessive to the point of editing posts to correct spelling and grammar mistakes. I am a language a-hole who constantly corrects the bad language of others, but even I found that aspect of the board too much. I am not trying to insult the FreeBSD forum. I am sure it is a good repository of knowledge. It is just not to my liking. (But then few things are.
) Two things I do like about that forum are: the appearance - nice colour scheme; and how the forum is part of the FreeBSD website - news, documentation, downloads and forum all in one place.