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.
  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    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.nuEnglish
      1·
      24 hours ago

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

      • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 hours ago

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

        • Hund@feddit.nuEnglish
          3·
          6 hours 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.