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Firstly, Reddit is a forum (well, a collection of forums).
As for what kinds of people frequent forums? In my experience, usually people looking for niche information and communities. For example, I've been using the TurboBricks Volvo 240 modding forum for the better part of a decade. The forum itself has nearly two decades of user-submitted knowledge that doesn't exist on any other centralized website. They're a great way to talk directly to peer users dealing with the specific topic as you