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Extraordinary that we're coming full circle with the internet. Slack is the new IRC and "communities" are the new forums. Makes me think how much collective hu

Extraordinary that we're coming full circle with the internet. Slack is the new IRC and "communities" are the new forums. Makes me think how much collective human knowledge we're losing as all the old forums go extinct (Archive doesn't backup everything).

xadz 7y ago
I love it! Forums were my first experiences on the internet and I'm thrilled to be able to share that passion with others now.
- infectoid 7y ago
  Ahh good old flame wars. I'll never miss them. That said, in the past it was more generally accepted that forum moderators would rule with an iron fist. Seems more recently, if you're being a dick and you are moderated it's interpreted as censorship and an attack on free speech. Related. One thing I have noticed in the last decade is people no longer pulling people up on their spelling and grammar as much as they used to in the early days of debating the internet. I like this.
  - puranjay 7y ago
    I pretty owe much my career to a couple of forums. Learned so much. Probably wasted a lot of time too.
Jaygles 7y ago
I hate the overuse of the term community nowadays. All it is is an attempt to prod users into contributing more whilst the "community" will never even once consider contributing back to the user(s). Live streamers are guilty of this. Its become a standard for Twitch broadcasters to call their viewer base a community in, what I guess is, a way to get viewers to think tipping the broadcaster is benefitting the "community" while only the broadcaster benefits.
- xadz 7y ago
  I hope we get a pass with the word. At this stage any revenue made from supporter memberships, the only revenue stream atm, is being funnelled back in to the platform and documented transparently in monthly updates.
- friendlybus 7y ago
  Completely agree. It's nagged in the back of the brain as something scummy. As if the collective comes before the individual viewer. We don't have generic communities. I am not unified with some average Joe watching a twitch stream. I may be looking to gain information whilst the Joe is looking to socialize. We have player bases, viewers, commenters, categorized in action, but not purpose.
- ricc 7y ago
  Some even go to the extent of calling them 'family'.
jaequery 7y ago
No, Slack isn't really anything like IRC. Slack is more of an upgraded Instant Messengers.
- joshspankit 7y ago
  Slack is almost exactly like IRC
pxtail 7y ago
This is nothing compared to how much knowledge we're losing when placing it inside someone's walled garden like FB groups which are not accessible to crawlers, not accessible to users without account and not accessible to users with account due to garbage UI and search.

xadz 7y ago

I love it! Forums were my first experiences on the internet and I'm thrilled to be able to share that passion with others now.

infectoid 7y ago
Ahh good old flame wars. I'll never miss them. That said, in the past it was more generally accepted that forum moderators would rule with an iron fist. Seems more recently, if you're being a dick and you are moderated it's interpreted as censorship and an attack on free speech. Related. One thing I have noticed in the last decade is people no longer pulling people up on their spelling and grammar as much as they used to in the early days of debating the internet. I like this.
- puranjay 7y ago
  I pretty owe much my career to a couple of forums. Learned so much. Probably wasted a lot of time too.

Jaygles 7y ago

I hate the overuse of the term community nowadays. All it is is an attempt to prod users into contributing more whilst the "community" will never even once consider contributing back to the user(s). Live streamers are guilty of this. Its become a standard for Twitch broadcasters to call their viewer base a community in, what I guess is, a way to get viewers to think tipping the broadcaster is benefitting the "community" while only the broadcaster benefits.

xadz 7y ago
I hope we get a pass with the word. At this stage any revenue made from supporter memberships, the only revenue stream atm, is being funnelled back in to the platform and documented transparently in monthly updates.
friendlybus 7y ago
Completely agree. It's nagged in the back of the brain as something scummy. As if the collective comes before the individual viewer. We don't have generic communities. I am not unified with some average Joe watching a twitch stream. I may be looking to gain information whilst the Joe is looking to socialize. We have player bases, viewers, commenters, categorized in action, but not purpose.
ricc 7y ago
Some even go to the extent of calling them 'family'.

jaequery 7y ago

No, Slack isn't really anything like IRC. Slack is more of an upgraded Instant Messengers.

joshspankit 7y ago
Slack is almost exactly like IRC

pxtail 7y ago

This is nothing compared to how much knowledge we're losing when placing it inside someone's walled garden like FB groups which are not accessible to crawlers, not accessible to users without account and not accessible to users with account due to garbage UI and search.