Hostgator Opinion Please

[Chimpie]

I don't like them, simply because the larger your forum gets, the slower it becomes, until it just dies.

That's funny. I have three forums and several test forums, all on one server with zero problems.

[Homeworld'sa]

A forum I used to go to are trying to find a new host because the server was lagging a lot.

[Chimpie]

A forum I used to go to are trying to find a new host because the server was lagging a lot.

IMO, mature (stage) forums should not be on shared servers. Keep in mind, it's not usually the servers fault, nor the hosts, but the other clients on there.

Clients with badly coded sites will bring down the speed of every site on that server, not just their own. So it's usually not the form that's slowing the server down, but others, poorly coded ones.