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What's your favorite old school forum? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by MariaRomanov@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Are you still part of a classic message board? If so what is it?

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[–] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What changed? I've always seen them as a cesspit but even from a distance I can tell they've gotten lots worse lately; been using since 2009 or so.

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I think people who just contributed regularly and made good posts left for more well-run and well-organized sites. Lots moved off to discord where they could chat faster and more regularly. After that you were left over with what the forums were designed for: people who asked questions about specific games and software, rather than people contributing to a community.