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Anti-nostalgia thread: what are y’all happy is gone and hope never returns? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (6 children)

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|.*)

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

we need to go back to forums

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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