Seeking brutally honest feedback on HackingForum

I am seeking some well-built constructive criticism on my forum so that I can make the appropriate changes.

Site to Review: https://hackingforum.net

For starters I’m using Flarum forum software. It is a lightweight, incredibly-fast, and modern platform for forums in 2026. I decided to go with them because I love the layouts and the community is live, actively adding new extensions all the time. Which is the most important part of an open source forum.

I am building HackingForum to be the #1 destination online for tech enthusiasts to network. It’s to be a friendly community for folks to share resources, ideas and collaborate. Including a marketplace for digital goods, services and physical products.

Let me know what you’d change and add. What are some features you think would be nice to have? We already have a Badge and Points system, how would you extend those to make the site more fun and interactive? What are your thoughts on the dark theme and navigating around the site? All of these suggestions are important to me and before I start heavily advertising I want to collect as much feedback as possible.

Thank you so very much for your time! I will answer all the questions you have for me.

Doom