From the first moment I first went online in 1996, forums were the main place to hang out. In fact the very first thing I did was join an online forum run by the Greek magazine "PC Master" so I could directly to my favourite game reviewers (for me it was Tsourinakis, for those old [...]
  • DeeDan06@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6·
    11 hours ago

    Yeah. Federating forums seem like a useful feature to keep them going. The forum style has it benefits that the discord and reddit style lacks. Sadly a forum I used a lot for my community is now in its final days, even if it managed to last a lot longer than others

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      3·
      10 hours ago

      Maybe ask if they’re willing to switched over to lemmy? You can sort like a forum does. Long shot but hey…

      • DeeDan06@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        true. I didn’t consider that. That would could work. Lemmy is a lot more advanced in that regard. Currently the best ideas are Discord and give up, and the original owners are done with the idea, but I could try and create a spiritual successor on here. Lemmy suffers a bit from the same isues as Forums with lack of people, but I only need to convince the OGs. I need to think about that, and a forum from 2004 whose software is a decade out of date is easy to beat in that regard

        Also thanks for creating this awesome instance.