▲ 1468 ▼ Internet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. (www.xataka.com) submitted 2 years ago by i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 346 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago (3 children) why not implement forums with reddit-like threads? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Discourse exists and is free to self-host and open source. Compared to classic forum software (like most *bb variants) it is a pleasure to use and feels not like a remnant of a lost age. The (only?) downside is the similar name to Discord, but that's not them to blame, because they had their name first. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 2 years ago NodeBB is probably less painful to deal with as a system adminstrator, since it doesn't use Ruby. Lots of forum software used to have threaded discussions, but most of them settled on a more linear commenting experience, maybe 20 years ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world [S] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) you mean this? https://old.lemmy.world/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nutsack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago no I don't know what that is permalink fedilink source parent [–] mlg@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago Because the vote system inherently supports popularity which creates content masking issues and usually results in communities with mods that want to keep that system. Stack overflow has this exact same issue where stupid crap gets upvoted and useful stuff gets nuked so users don't see things that would otherwise be important or useful. Lemmy somewhat avoids it due to the relatively low number of posts, but that could easily change. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Discourse exists and is free to self-host and open source. Compared to classic forum software (like most *bb variants) it is a pleasure to use and feels not like a remnant of a lost age. The (only?) downside is the similar name to Discord, but that's not them to blame, because they had their name first. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 2 years ago NodeBB is probably less painful to deal with as a system adminstrator, since it doesn't use Ruby. Lots of forum software used to have threaded discussions, but most of them settled on a more linear commenting experience, maybe 20 years ago. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 2 years ago NodeBB is probably less painful to deal with as a system adminstrator, since it doesn't use Ruby. Lots of forum software used to have threaded discussions, but most of them settled on a more linear commenting experience, maybe 20 years ago. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world [S] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) you mean this? https://old.lemmy.world/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nutsack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago no I don't know what that is permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago no I don't know what that is permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mlg@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago Because the vote system inherently supports popularity which creates content masking issues and usually results in communities with mods that want to keep that system. Stack overflow has this exact same issue where stupid crap gets upvoted and useful stuff gets nuked so users don't see things that would otherwise be important or useful. Lemmy somewhat avoids it due to the relatively low number of posts, but that could easily change. permalink fedilink source parent