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My situation is identical to yours, and I have been enjoying WebmasterWorld for almost two years.
The overwhelming majority of the information given here is, more or less, applicable to my situation. What are called "competitors" I consider fellow hobbyists, but we do compete for viewers! Paying strategies are only one of many types discussed here, I obviously ignore them completely. And, with less competition, "lighter" optimization is sufficient to produce results.
To answer your final question: I am unaware of any forum that caters to "our" kind of webmaster, though I would be very interested in such a beast if it exists.
I am unaware of any forum that caters to "our" kind of webmaster
You are here already Mohammed - there's a great many such webmasters right here (I have several hobby sites myself, although I also have commercial sites).
As you say, there's little difference - everyone is competing for readers and/or traffic.
The logic set and principles remain the same. The notable difference is going to be in content writing. Not having to try and sell a reader a widget opens up possibilities to get really creative with writing.
Maybe, if anything, what would be useful here would be a content writing forum directed at content/hobby sites as opposed to online vendors. Less of the "copy that sells" and more on creative writing.
TJ