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This was my experience with early 00s subject-based message boards as well. It seems to me like Discord provides a similar experience for today's kids. But of
by cribbles 6y ago
This was my experience with early 00s subject-based message boards as well.
It seems to me like Discord provides a similar experience for today's kids. But of course the medium itself is quite different (long-form vs quippy, preserved vs ephemeral) and informs the experience accordingly.
Much as I somewhat romanticize the BBS experience I think it's going to occupy less and less of this type of social space, just by the nature of the way people communicate now.
- dependenttypes 6y ago> long-form vs quippy, preserved vs ephemeral I learned a lot by browsing years old posts in forums and usenet but with ephemeral messaging I would not be able to do that. Makes me wonder how the new generation will deal with that. It is also about centralisation vs each community hosting their own servers and not having to adhere to the arbitrary rules that some company enforces upon them.
- jhanschoo 6y agoMost established Discord servers have moderated channels that have strict on-topic guidelines, have slow modes, as well as pins, etc. The result is that a spectrum of long-form content to rapid messaging is achievable in Discord. If you don't like Discord managing your chat data, Matrix.org is an option.