Study hosted forums

Google "free forum" https://www.google.com/#q=free+forum

Try the results.

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I couldn't find a search that produces results.

http://ftest2.lefora.com/search/text/?q=obama&orderby=created_at&forum=&post=Search+Forum

Lefora doesn't look like reddit at all to me.  It looks quite weak.  You can look at the other hosted forums.

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