The only forum I could say aside for this platform is altcoinstalk as mentioned by TryNinja. Bitcointalk platform and the other are the two reliable platforms you could get standrard information about bitcoin and other crypto discussion. TryNinja alreday develped a bot as he has said here which has been very helpful to the both platforms. You can check out the platform throught the linksprovided and see for yourself how the forum looks like.