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[-] dreikelvin@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

smiles in lemmy

[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I run an internet forum for a very specific topic. I have to manually register people, because before I did that, spammers would come in and crap all over everything. (Fortunately it's not a very popular topic, so I only have to register new accounts a few times each month.) I run the forum on my own dime, no advertising or anything, as a side hobby.

There's also a very active Facebook group. The Facebook group is great for general conversation, but often when a technical question comes up, please just link to the forum where the info is stored. Searching in Facebook is terrible, and what happens if Facebook decides to block access to history for some reason? (Not that they necessarily would, but I've seen it happen many times. Remember when Photobucket blocked access to old pictures unless you had a paid account? We lost a bunch of useful pictures on the forum when that happened.)

[-] Irelephant@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Discourse is a great server, i see a lot of places with their own forum now, which is good.

[-] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I remember when I used to be able to find dedicated message boards for bands that I liked. Now I'm lucky if there's a subreddit where it's just a bunch of people submitting poorly drawn fan art of the band.

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

I've been complaining about this for years now.

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[-] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

You have to go to some pretty toxic plaices if you really want to experience old internet.

[-] roserose56@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

They are not disappearing, I still use forums like discogs, XDA, satellite forums, local forums country or city etc. You just have to search and find.

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