Technology @lemmy.world i_have_no_enemies @lemmy.world 5mo ago

Internet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.

www.xataka.com Los foros de internet están desapareciendo porque ahora todo es Reddit y Discord. Y eso es preocupante

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...

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Welcome to the new era of enshittification where you'll eventually have to subscribe to access or make posts, and none of it will be searchable on any search engines.
- At least Reddit is searchable, while Discord is not. Not trying to defend Reddit though.
  
  At least Reddit is searchable
  
  How long until they restrict viewing the full contents of posts without logging in?
  
  They already did for mobile browsers.
  
  They recently had a deal with Google, so not soon I guess
  
  I think Facebook won't let me look at their videos without logging in
- And the shoe will probably drop at some point. Something like "communities must have nitro to access posts from more than 6 months ago".
- Commenting/making posts has always required an account of some sort, at least as far back as I can remember. Maybe the IRC days you just needed a name

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