Hi, this is a list of web hosting forums, you can use for your purposes: webcosmoforums.com webtoolhub.com webmastertalkforums.com thewebhostingdir.com gidforums.com hostingdiscussion.com talkfreelance.com freeforums.com webhostingtalk.com.au webhostingchat.com hotwebhostingtalk.com webhostingthreads.com browsehosts.com adminspoint.com webhostingtalkforums.com hostingchitchat.com tophostingforum.com webhostingforum.com empirehostingtalk.com sgwebhostingtalk.com webhostingdinner.com makingimoney.com datacentertalk.com resellerboard.com iwdn.net gsptalk.com webhostpolice.com hostingpost.com webhostingcafe.com mywebhostingforums.com aroundwebhosting.com linuxhostingforum.com wjunction.com
Hello, One more web hosting forum (Chinese language), but most topics are used to attack other hosting and for advertising only. Maybe the worst web hosting forum on the Universe. hkwebhostingforum.com Best regards
I have also some websites of forums: webmasterground.com developers.evrsoft.com/forum websitebabble.com softtrix.com talkingcity.com australianwebmaster.com wtricks.com forums.webzonetalk.com htmlforums.com searchbliss.com/forum webmasterize.com webmasterserve.com freehostforum.com seorefugee.com/forums cre8asiteforums.com/forums forums.seo.ph forums.delphiforums.com web-mastery.net webworkshop.net/seoforum webproworld.com bzimage.org
http://www.freewebhostingtalk.com/ is nice and dedicated mainly to free web hosting topics and reviews although it's not too active.
Can you also try http://hostdomaininfo.com/ and http://webdiscussions.net/. These forums have been started recently.
I found another good forum for marketting purpose, you can also take advantage of it : http://hostfiverr.com/
I believe webhostingtalk.com is the biggest and has the most traffic. It is probably all you need in terms of discussions on webhosting matters.
why penalise ? they are all just forums like digitalpoint dear op many sites are not working in the list however its a good list