How do I add Forums to my site?

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  quixoticamanda · Member · Feb 5, 2011 at 2:56 am

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  I want to purchase forums for my site but can’t seem to find the upgrade…

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  quixoticamanda · Member · Feb 5, 2011 at 3:15 am

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  I’m also not to tech savvy so please explain to me in specific details! Thank you!

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  thesacredpath · Member · Feb 5, 2011 at 3:29 am

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  We cannot add forums to your blogs here at wordpress.COM. You would have to host a forum on another site and then link to it from your blog. If you google something like “free online forum” or something similar you will find several that offer them for free (some will put advertising on your forums pages to help pay for the service).

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  quixoticamanda · Member · Feb 5, 2011 at 3:31 am

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  would there be any you would reccommend that have the least spam and look the most clean?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Feb 5, 2011 at 3:33 am

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  Sorry, perhaps someone else will pop in with a recommendation. I’ve never researched them so I know nothing about any of them.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 5, 2011 at 5:28 am

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  I am aware of these but I don’t have a forum for my blogs so I can’t recommend one over the other:
  http://www.freeforums.org/
  http://www.proboards.com/
  http://vanillaforums.com/