Comment on Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.
RabbitBBQ@lemmy.world 1 week agoThis is an broken and outdated solution.
Only from the perspective of being able to monetize and control communications among large numbers of people.
For more than just angry X type reactions, the standard forum format is really a solved problem and has worked well for a long time. It’s only when these companies want to control what you see and sell the ability to do that do we get the news feeds. Even Reddit limits your direct message counts until you pay money for it.
The old internet was so much better
green@feddit.nl 1 week ago
The problem is engagement - which in turn means building a community.
If someone goes to your forum, hijacks your posts, and them puts them on Reddit; there is no incentive to use your platform, which stifles and dies since no one is communicating on it. This is also part of the tyranny, as people can figuratively walk into your house, eat all your food, and then expect you to restock.
On the old internet, this was not really an issue since there was a better culture. But if all your friends use Reddit, and all the content is reposted there, why use the internet forum?
tfm@europe.pub 1 week ago
So let’s repost all of the popular Reddit content here ;D