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helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Nutteman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Forums are where you can still find answers to the veeeerrrryyyyy niche questions you may have on just about anything. They have saved my ass so many times when trying to get things working on my pc or with my car.

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And you can’t find niche answers on forums like Lemmy?

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    • Nutteman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not always, no. And often the question I have has already been answered on those forums. So no need to even post to lemmy. Have you never had to troubleshoot something before or something?

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      • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Not always, no.

        Yeah you can’t “always” find them on forums either.

        And often the question I have has already been answered on those forums.

        I’d say the same goes for a certain very popular Lemmy-like message board.

        Have you never had to troubleshoot something before or something?

        Oh good, just going straight for the personal insults.

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• neme@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Forum users tend to prefer long-lasting discussions, which is not the case on Lemmy/Reddit, where threads are forgotten after a few days.

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  • stackPeek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Heck–it was designed to be like that, even Reddit archivesa thread after 6 months right?

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  • halm@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I will say that I find good advice on tech subreddits now and then, as good as or better than, say, support forums. That’s off the divisive and rapid-change subjects that mostly characterise Reddit and Lemmy, of course.

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah that’s exactly what sucks about them.

    When you open up the front page, you’re not shown what is the most interesting and recent topics, you’re shown 12 year old thread that xxedgelord69 dug up and added a fuckin’ poop emoji.

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