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

lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Bronzie@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Never played the game and probably never will, but I wanted to say this anyways: stay awesome!

  It’s people like you, who do stuff out of passion and not monetary gain, that made the internet so great.

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  • lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thank you! :) It’s definitely a passion project for me, because I love the game so much.

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• greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I appreciate the people who run the forum for the Emergency! Game series. It’s where I found the info on now to run multiplayer on Emergency! 3

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  • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i still play RA2, apperently there isnt a primary forum for it, but people still play the modded version.

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• tfm@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I run a forum where the first post was started 23 years ago.

  That’s cool!

  People still keep using this trash!

  Why? I mean if it can be destroyed on a whimp again should be reason enough to not use it again.

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  • lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’d say its mostly convenience. Discord is easier to use on mobile devices and provides voice chat.

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    • Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Agreed. In general people seem to like centralised platforms. They don’t want to sign up on another site for a specific purpose. They stick to what they know unless there’s good reason to change (mostly peer/ad/social media pressure I feel like).

      In a way Lemmy is similar in that it’s a single platform to access all types of content. Given most people don’t care about the technical “how”, I can see why they like Discord and Reddit.

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    • weremacaque@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t mind Discord for smaller groups of friends I know in real life, but larger groups end up with so many notifications that I end up ignoring the app.

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      • fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah it’s really not fit for purpose, I have every server I’m in muted

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• ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Similar. I had a community from 2001 onward where I was variously an admin and a mod over the decades. A lot of us drifted apart from being kids exploring the internet to adults with families and careers.

  But mainly the guy that took over the code maintenance became the sole admin in 2018 and he just chased everyone off the site debatebroing with increasingly racist and misogynistic rants. Dude I played games with and talked with online for 20 years started calling me a genocidal enslaver for trying to explain CRT and want solar power in America.

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  • fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I kind of don’t ever want a family or a career because it seems like you lose out on the ability to do anything fun

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    • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I did a lot of the fun in my teens and twenties, and then realized I wanted a family and was lucky to find a career that fit.

      It’s definitely a challenge to find a balance though so it can often feel like a trade-in. But if you’re honest with yourself it doesn’t have to be nor an unwanted change.

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      • fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I feel like the way Society is built makes it impossible to have a family and have fun in your life, and careers are basically dead. We have to figure out how to make it work because I’m certainly in no hurry to make raising kids the only thing I do with the rest of my life

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• Fluke@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I played the shit out of I-War 2 decades back now… Cracking game that was :D

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• TheJosephAller@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I solute you for your “stubborness”

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