The thing is that many people, myself included assumed most were dead and cannibalised by Reddit and Facebook groups. Turns out those specialised places have been running continuously on their own pace. Yeah, threads can still span hundreds of pages but in the end going through them makes you an expert on things overnight ;)
Comment on The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences
Fake4000@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Basically forums
misk@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
boatswain@infosec.pub 5 days ago
Oh my God, the Something Awful forums are still up: forums.somethingawful.com
Rooty@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I would sooner die than join the ranks of SA goons.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 5 days ago
And active
LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days ago
Bring them back! I for one would rather use a forum over a fucking Discord server any day of the week. At least forums are open, searchable and discoverable. Good luck finding the answer to a question you have that some poor sod like you may have also asked in a Discord server months or years ago.
Wojwo@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
God I hate discord.
beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days ago
And mailing lists!
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 4 days ago
Yes, but this time deep web forums that are unsearchable/unindexed so that information is lost forever! (Discord, telegram, matrix)actually that might actually be a return to web 1 forums before search engines were giant and all forum seach engines sucked ass 😂
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Maybe we’ll use newsgroups for actually talking to people again
ThePantser@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Arr, those be the high seas now