Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.
Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.
Hubo un tiempo en que los foros de discusión eran nuestras redes sociales. Los usuarios visitaban aquellos que se ajustaban a cierta temática y eso les...
What are we going to do about it?
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Edit: thanks to @Xamrica@lemmy.dbzer0.com for this translation alternative: https://translate.kagi.com/translate/https://www.xataka.com/servicios/foros-internet-estan-desapareciendo-porque-ahora-todo-reddit-discord-eso-preocupante
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Honestly reddit's (and Lemmy's) comment formatting structure is so much better than other forums that it's been part of the reason why I don't want to use the other ones.
Agree. And there are cultural issues in forums that make them really annoying. Some forums like to consolidate topics into mega threads like "if you have questions about xyz go to the xyz mega thread". Then you go there and its a 300 page chronology starting in 2008 of completely disorganized conversation. 20 posts per page with no way to read it more easily.
You could do that on reddit with a pinned post but usually mega threads were at least limited to daily/weekly/monthly instead of indefinite.
20 posts per page? lol. I think usually it was 10.
Don't forget profile pictures and signatures making every post take up way more screen space than they should.
But I liked profile pics and signatures! /owmyback
I don't mind the concept, it was the layout that made small one sentence replies become like 15x longer on the page.
Ha. have you seen the looneys here on Lemmy asking for signatures?
I haven't.
I agree with you. It can become frustrating to learn to find information on classic forums.
frustrating to learn to find
So when you are pointed at a mega threads that is 2k posts long over 10 years, where you are told the answer is, how do you attack it? LearnEd one.
Discourse based forums are quite nice imo. See ubports one for examle