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While not technicly gone outright , forums
Hate juggling accounts to be part of communities , some forums (have strict rules|ban VPNs|.*) . There's reason they've been succeeded by (subreddits|discord servers|.*)
Oh, I preferred that. There was much less pressure to conform. All fora had their own "personality", in a way. Small little islands inhabited by people having fun in their own ways.
we need to go back to forums
Isn't this true for Lemmy instances to an extent?
As far as I can tell, not really no except for the weird insular communist ones. What's the difference in personality between lemmy.ca and sh.itjust.works?
More military shitposting memes on sh.itjust.works? It's why I signed up there.
Discord is so much worse than forums though. Lemmy/reddit are better than every website having their own forums though.
Hard disagree. I much prefer forums and still am a member of some. The only thing reddit really had going was how broad and easy-to-create it was. It allowed for non-technical people to make cool, niche forums and people to find and participate.
I miss forums. If I went to a specific car forum, that's what discussion would be about. No random assholes bringing politics into every conversation. No trolls or people just there to make a joke for upvotes.
Or if someone did try to derail the focus of the forum, they'd get booted and it was over.
Or if someone did try to derail the focus of the forum, they'd get booted and it was over.
Yeah, no, I really miss the forums days.
In general I miss the pre "just a couple of sites for everything" internet.
And I mean, there's a reason that Discord added a "forum" channel type
Sorry, but focused forums are far superior than any of the things that supposed to replace them (Reddit and its -alikes, Discord and its -alikes, etc. etc. etc.).