Mastadon? Lemmy? It would probably have to be standalone so people would’t be turned off from the content from the rest of the fediverse unless there’s a way to prevent federated content from showing on the instance. Just a place to post local news and discussions, maybe a place to sell secondhand. I live near a huge college with a major cs program, so I should be able to get users.
1·3 hours ago- https://community.nodebb.org/ (federating; check out e.g. [email protected] )
- https://community.openbeta.io/
- https://godot.community/
- https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/
- https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/
- https://forum.vivaldi.net/