Comment on Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.

• tfm@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  But many people don’t want to have everything completely public, even if privacy is a illusion there.

  We have to accept that and provide a solution for both.

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  • Ilandar@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But many people don’t want to have everything completely public

    This isn’t true at all. Most people do not care about privacy; those that do are an extreme minority. You (presumably) and I are part of that minority yet even we still comment here, in a public space. The issue with forums has never been about privacy because most are content with pseudonymity. It is a big mistake to think we need to cater to the extreme minority in the privacy space when tackling big issues that involve a majority who do not care.

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    • tfm@europe.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s why I specifically wrote “completely public” not “private”.

      I think most people know that a discord server with a few hundred or thousand members can hardly be considered private. But I can imagine that there are people who don’t want to put it directly online for everybody to find on Google. Not that I like that.

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    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, I don’t post private shit on forums, I discuss things publically so I can collectively have a conversation with countless other people.

      Want to have a private personal conversation sure use a private chat room.

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  • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can lock down forums to were they’re un searchable unless you have a login. Tons of forums are like this.

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