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Oh yeah, forums definitely had downside of their own. I don't necessarily wish for forums to come back in that form, but what I miss a lot is how relaxed they were and the interactions that used to happen in this environment.
I can't stand that real-time (or near real-time) communication has become the standard for most communities. It's stressful as fuck and you simply can't have conversations on the same level. -
The early internet was so much better for me. Online communities were based on forums, but there was additional activity in IRC channels and instant messaging. No matter what mode of communication you prefer, you always had a choice.
Today? It's just instant messaging (Discord) and quasi-instant messaging (microblogging). Forums were given up and nobody gives a single shit about filling the huge hole left behind.
After trying Discord myself for a while, though, I realized that I'm actually not even missing out on anything.
Most activity on Discord servers is posting memes and shallow conversations in #/general (or whatever the general-purpose channel is called) about topics I don't care about, between people who have known each other for a long time and are dominating the channel.
The kind of interactions I had on forums are simply not happening.
So fuck it.@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip the bb time is sadly gone. Tightly nit communities based on interests are mostly gone. Now you have either discord mega servers or small discord servers with friends or people you do things often together.
Also microbligging for just shouting into the void (like your post).
Even if you try to build a bulletin board community up again, it is rather hard. Most people do reddit for that style, but are to lazy to sign up for separate communities. Which is quite sad. -
The early internet was so much better for me. Online communities were based on forums, but there was additional activity in IRC channels and instant messaging. No matter what mode of communication you prefer, you always had a choice.
Today? It's just instant messaging (Discord) and quasi-instant messaging (microblogging). Forums were given up and nobody gives a single shit about filling the huge hole left behind.
After trying Discord myself for a while, though, I realized that I'm actually not even missing out on anything.
Most activity on Discord servers is posting memes and shallow conversations in #/general (or whatever the general-purpose channel is called) about topics I don't care about, between people who have known each other for a long time and are dominating the channel.
The kind of interactions I had on forums are simply not happening.
So fuck it.@volpeon i've always thought discord was only good for organizing communities (e.g. a streamer tells their viewers about events they run), but i barely experienced the era you mentioned. how good were forums and IRC at doing what folks use discord for?
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The early internet was so much better for me. Online communities were based on forums, but there was additional activity in IRC channels and instant messaging. No matter what mode of communication you prefer, you always had a choice.
Today? It's just instant messaging (Discord) and quasi-instant messaging (microblogging). Forums were given up and nobody gives a single shit about filling the huge hole left behind.
After trying Discord myself for a while, though, I realized that I'm actually not even missing out on anything.
Most activity on Discord servers is posting memes and shallow conversations in #/general (or whatever the general-purpose channel is called) about topics I don't care about, between people who have known each other for a long time and are dominating the channel.
The kind of interactions I had on forums are simply not happening.
So fuck it.@volpeon our little matrix hangout doesnt talk often, but when it does its usually good stuff
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The early internet was so much better for me. Online communities were based on forums, but there was additional activity in IRC channels and instant messaging. No matter what mode of communication you prefer, you always had a choice.
Today? It's just instant messaging (Discord) and quasi-instant messaging (microblogging). Forums were given up and nobody gives a single shit about filling the huge hole left behind.
After trying Discord myself for a while, though, I realized that I'm actually not even missing out on anything.
Most activity on Discord servers is posting memes and shallow conversations in #/general (or whatever the general-purpose channel is called) about topics I don't care about, between people who have known each other for a long time and are dominating the channel.
The kind of interactions I had on forums are simply not happening.
So fuck it.@volpeon I miss it too.
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The early internet was so much better for me. Online communities were based on forums, but there was additional activity in IRC channels and instant messaging. No matter what mode of communication you prefer, you always had a choice.
Today? It's just instant messaging (Discord) and quasi-instant messaging (microblogging). Forums were given up and nobody gives a single shit about filling the huge hole left behind.
After trying Discord myself for a while, though, I realized that I'm actually not even missing out on anything.
Most activity on Discord servers is posting memes and shallow conversations in #/general (or whatever the general-purpose channel is called) about topics I don't care about, between people who have known each other for a long time and are dominating the channel.
The kind of interactions I had on forums are simply not happening.
So fuck it.@volpeon
I still help to moderate a forum that includes lots of (older) people who are polite to each other and offer help and support -
The early internet was so much better for me. Online communities were based on forums, but there was additional activity in IRC channels and instant messaging. No matter what mode of communication you prefer, you always had a choice.
Today? It's just instant messaging (Discord) and quasi-instant messaging (microblogging). Forums were given up and nobody gives a single shit about filling the huge hole left behind.
After trying Discord myself for a while, though, I realized that I'm actually not even missing out on anything.
Most activity on Discord servers is posting memes and shallow conversations in #/general (or whatever the general-purpose channel is called) about topics I don't care about, between people who have known each other for a long time and are dominating the channel.
The kind of interactions I had on forums are simply not happening.
So fuck it.@volpeon I know I use Discord to VC, and not much else. For my groups it's used to organize and talk, not so much as a place to discuss topics but more a place to hang out. I don't even use the message features as much as I use the voice.
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The early internet was so much better for me. Online communities were based on forums, but there was additional activity in IRC channels and instant messaging. No matter what mode of communication you prefer, you always had a choice.
Today? It's just instant messaging (Discord) and quasi-instant messaging (microblogging). Forums were given up and nobody gives a single shit about filling the huge hole left behind.
After trying Discord myself for a while, though, I realized that I'm actually not even missing out on anything.
Most activity on Discord servers is posting memes and shallow conversations in #/general (or whatever the general-purpose channel is called) about topics I don't care about, between people who have known each other for a long time and are dominating the channel.
The kind of interactions I had on forums are simply not happening.
So fuck it.@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip Du kennst die Zeit von Foren und IRC also auch noch. Nun, viel ist davon nicht geblieben.
Es scheint nur mehr Discord, Mastodon und Slack zu geben. Neben Meta, TikTok und X. -
The early internet was so much better for me. Online communities were based on forums, but there was additional activity in IRC channels and instant messaging. No matter what mode of communication you prefer, you always had a choice.
Today? It's just instant messaging (Discord) and quasi-instant messaging (microblogging). Forums were given up and nobody gives a single shit about filling the huge hole left behind.
After trying Discord myself for a while, though, I realized that I'm actually not even missing out on anything.
Most activity on Discord servers is posting memes and shallow conversations in #/general (or whatever the general-purpose channel is called) about topics I don't care about, between people who have known each other for a long time and are dominating the channel.
The kind of interactions I had on forums are simply not happening.
So fuck it.@volpeon shorter attention spans and more demand for instant gratification, I'm guilty of that myself but even so I can't even function on discord
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The early internet was so much better for me. Online communities were based on forums, but there was additional activity in IRC channels and instant messaging. No matter what mode of communication you prefer, you always had a choice.
Today? It's just instant messaging (Discord) and quasi-instant messaging (microblogging). Forums were given up and nobody gives a single shit about filling the huge hole left behind.
After trying Discord myself for a while, though, I realized that I'm actually not even missing out on anything.
Most activity on Discord servers is posting memes and shallow conversations in #/general (or whatever the general-purpose channel is called) about topics I don't care about, between people who have known each other for a long time and are dominating the channel.
The kind of interactions I had on forums are simply not happening.
So fuck it.@volpeon to contrast that: forums weren't always all that great either. from my experience there was many cases of elitist users, power-hungry mods, internal political infighting and also uploading images through a third party host sucked and now all we have are dead links
