Lemmy as a discussion forum (leminal.space)

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Are there communities, free software/open source or otherwise, using Lemmy as their forum software?

Nowadays, many use Discourse, some are on Zulip, and I just don't care about the Discord ones. Would Lenmy not fit the same purposes? It is federated and easier to participate in, like mailing lists - no need to sign up per forum. Matrix is too, but it doesn't seem to be made for long-form writing.

I believe Discourse was designed based on experience with community dynamics, and Zulip is well-designed too. Would something with federated participation like Lemmy not work as well?

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There is forum software that's integrated in the fediverse. Most often I've heard about NodeBB, which is open source and one can self-host it for free; there is even a YunoHost package.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I remember glancing at NodeBB (in my ignorance, I am averse to node.js). Activitypub seems to be an integration in it rather than its basis.

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