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Servais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.de to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 3 months ago

Anti-nostalgia thread: what are y’all happy is gone and hope never returns?

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Anti-nostalgia thread: what are y’all happy is gone and hope never returns?

Servais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.de to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 3 months ago
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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|.*)

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      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.

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        we need to go back to forums

      • Servais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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        3 months ago

        Isn’t this true for Lemmy instances to an extent?

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          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?

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            More military shitposting memes on sh.itjust.works? It’s why I signed up there.

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      Discord is so much worse than forums though. Lemmy/reddit are better than every website having their own forums though.

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      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.

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      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.

      • 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network
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        Or if someone did try to derail the focus of the forum, they’d get booted and it was over.

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        Or if someone did try to derail the focus of the forum, they’d get booted and it was over.

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      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

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      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.).

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