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How did we move from forums to Reddit, Facebook groups, and Discord? (dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/28930199

A bit of an effortpost :)

Please do crosspost in more fitting communities if you think of any

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am the author. Heard you were talking shit...

I kid, I kid :D

I insist that in their current form, reddit (and lemmy) can serve as both forums and link aggregators with comment sections.

[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well anyway I enjoyed the read.

I am only here actually because proper forums have yet to figure out federation. As soon as Discourse or Flarum or whatever figure out full federation, I'm gone (over to them).

Specifically, I prefer chronologically sorted posts and the absence of voting systems.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can actually do that on lemmy already like so. Sorting by new doesn't use the voting. Hell you can even sort them like a forum by sorting by "new comments"

[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 2 months ago

I get it, and thanks for the advice. But I dislike what voting does to spaces like this as a matter of principle. It is a social consensus reinforcement mechanism, even if it is implemented with the best of intentions.