Why do people run forums ?

[muddy]

Not being tech savvy I always wonder why people run social forums .
They must be quite a lot of work and hassle .

I can see the reasoning behind interest forums ,dogs cats cars etc 
But for social chit chat 
Just wondering .

[klondike]

The big ones make billions from advertising and selling data about their users. This one just costs money but not a great deal and it is something to do that keeps my brain cells ticking over.  

Not that it requires a lot of effort. Maintenance doesn't take long and it's too small to attract hackers. There is a mod running that refuses entry to the vast majority of spammers.

https://custom.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=4311

 No time is spent on moderation.

[muddy]

Ok thank you 
It's still looks complicated 

Tech is a mystery to me 
I still don't know how to download music .