> forum.hardware.fr is a big one (it's not just about computer hardware, there's a decent section about news/world events, etc.)

What I assume is the equivalent, forum.hardware.no, used to be huge in Norway in the 00s too, but then the community more or less got swallowed by Reddit. Did the French one survive?

Very active, I find it much better than reddit where I usually cannot find anything useful, the UI is awful on reddit.

The real interesting thing is that there are a lot of threads for very specialized topics (e.g. bikes, mattress, pizza oven or torch lights). Before buying something I usually check if a thread exists and read it / ask questions. You however end up having to revise upwards your budget to buy the stuff they recommend.

Try https://teddit.net/ for an alternate Reddit UI interface.

diskusjon.no still seems fairly active. Though anytime I search for something non-tech-related in Norwegian ("us taxes norway", "car brake trombone", "kid face blue", "beach meteorite"), I typically get one of the forums Kvinneguiden.no ("the women's guide"), BarniMagen.no ("child in tummy") or MammaNett (… you get the drift). So there's a part of the Norwegian Internet that strangely hasn't been swallowed up by the FRAANG.

Oh yes, it's very active. Interestingly, the hardware news, tests and reviews closed a year or two ago, but the message board remained.

I think it's more or less saved by the bad English level of most users. They won't switch to an international alternative.