Comment on There may be an existing solution to the chronic disease crisis, but a disabled patient seems to be the only person motivated enough to try to obtain it. And they've been failing going at it alone.

• MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m doubtful that creating a lemmy community would funnel people to the forum. There is a lot to like about the forum format over time-based ones like lemmy. And the lemmy software is much newer and more incomplete/deficient than Xenforo. I think creating a lemmy community might just lead to fracturing of content/discussions, which would be detrimental. Also, unless you host your own instance it’s not super reliable (as we’ve seen with reddit and other reddit-alternatives).

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  • Lumisal@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’ll expose more people to the topic though.

    Forums are great for detailed conversation, but not so fast for spreading information and garnering commentary.

    There’s a reason sites like Reddit sprang up and grew huge despite forums having already existed.

    Those then interested in assisting more or having slower but more in depth discussion however will then gravitate towards the forums.

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    • MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s a reason sites like Reddit sprang up and grew huge despite forums having already existed.

      Yeah, but it comes with many major downsides that have become more apparent in recent years. For example, even lemmy seems to get hit hard by astroturfing, misinformation, disinformation, and toxicity. That’s more rare and easier to prevent on forums I think.

      It’ll expose more people to the topic though.

      Yeah, I was considering using lemmy instead of creating a forum, but decided on the latter after weighing the pros and cons.

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      • Lumisal@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh no for sure, the forum is the better choice.

        I’m just saying a Lemmy instance can reach a wider audience so there’s more awareness at least.

        But the forum is best to keep for better discussion. But there needs to be a decent amount of people for discussion to happen in the first place

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