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[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I honestly just wish the internet would go back to individual forums. Lemmy is great for a reddit alternative, but I think old school forums were just better overall

I know forums still exist, obviously, but they're kind of shitty right now.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't agree with you, forums were so clunky

[–] Icaria@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Forums worked really elegantly when you had an active userbase of maybe a couple of dozen people a day.

Megaforums... not so much.

[–] imaqtpie 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah there's way too many people online for that type of structure to work anymore

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Reddit SEO captured them. They got shitty because they stopped growing, and when a community stops growing, it decays. And yes. They're absolutely better