One of the forum software that I disliked with a passion in terms of running the software as an admin was phpBB. I believe they have changed how things are done now as I have not used it in a while due to my experience but back when I was using it, the way mods and themes had to be installed was a pain and I would often run into issues and receive errors.
As a member, I do not mind using phpBB though and have no issue with using it as a member.
These days, I’d probably say vBulletin, especially when you come across sites still using vBulletin 3.8 or 4.2. I would imagine you’d run into some trouble with PHP compatibility at some point, so you have to eventually be forced into upgrading.
I would never join (or not join) a site over its software though.
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