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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

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?

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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?

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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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What We Lost When We Quit Using Crappy Old Web Forums
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Old web forums were poorly coded and rough around the edges, but maybe we gave up on them too quickly in the social media era.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1234765/bring-back-crappy-forums-web-forums-were-rough-around-the-edges-and-faded-in-relevance-a

  • artyom@piefed.social
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    The threadiverse is way better than crappy old web forums, and the centralized popular ones as well.

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      It has the potential to be, but it needs more communities and more people working to grow them into active places.

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      Threadiverse? Is that a spelling mistake?

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        No, it’s the part of the Fediverse that uses this thread-based format

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          I see. Thanks!

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