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Bring Back Crappy Forums: Web forums were rough around the edges and faded in relevance as seemingly better options emerged. But what if we had stuck with them? (tedium.co)
submitted 4 days ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Hund@feddit.nu 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Bring back crappy forums? Why just not continue using all the good forums that we never stopped using?

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They're crappy, because they're not centered in one place, multiple registrations needed, no addictive algorithm.

[–] Hund@feddit.nu 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I can't tell if you're sarcastic or not. :P

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I meant it as sarcastic, but way too many people I know left the fediverse because of this. Sometimes because they run into obnoxious people, but mostly those.

[–] Hund@feddit.nu 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well. I'm honestly surprised that people even go beyond Facebook to be honest. :(

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm begging my friends in the leftist IT group on Facebook to at least move to Discord, and they refuse.

[–] Hund@feddit.nu 3 points 2 days ago

I find it odd that technically knowledgeable people choose Facebook over other alternatives. Even if you don't consider the ethical and privacy issues, Facebook is, technically speaking, completely useless.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

All mine dries up with Reddit.