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Old simple PHP based forums or even reddit / Google groups was better than current state-of-art using discord or JS-heavy discourse forum.

logicalmonster 5y ago
Some of the best chats I've ever had have been on niche Internet Message Boards using some of the worst technology run by people who didn't understand how to run a website. But the communities were so tight-knit and dedicated to their conversation topic and produced brilliant and entertaining ideas. And sadly most modern search engines don't rank these conversations highly in searches. There's a treasure trove of unbelievable hidden ideas out there that you'll never come across because search algorithms prioritize garbage, corporate churned content.
- Karrot_Kream 5y ago
  Indeed. I think the technology is somewhat orthogonal to the community, but it's the community that's important. A lot of technical people equate the two. (Though there are definitely technical and systemic benefits to more open standards than Discord, even if that doesn't necessarily help the community.)
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  conversations (in the past) were so much easier to join, find, and review. I wish my company had a bbedit forum instead of slack :)
hef19898 5y ago
I find the fact that reddit forces me to use the app on mobile, and not the browser, highly irritating. End of story, I don't go there.
- chakkepolja 5y ago
  The third party apps are very good though, some even open source.
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  Slide is a great, open source app that works on Android and IOS for reddit just fine. You don't have to use the reddit site or app if you don't want to. But it's fine to skip it too I suppose. I just find it far superior to other social media like twitter, facebook, and instagram. It certainly has it's warts but it is quite easy to simply choose your subset of forums and ignore everything else.

logicalmonster 5y ago

Some of the best chats I've ever had have been on niche Internet Message Boards using some of the worst technology run by people who didn't understand how to run a website. But the communities were so tight-knit and dedicated to their conversation topic and produced brilliant and entertaining ideas. And sadly most modern search engines don't rank these conversations highly in searches. There's a treasure trove of unbelievable hidden ideas out there that you'll never come across because search algorithms prioritize garbage, corporate churned content.

Karrot_Kream 5y ago
Indeed. I think the technology is somewhat orthogonal to the community, but it's the community that's important. A lot of technical people equate the two. (Though there are definitely technical and systemic benefits to more open standards than Discord, even if that doesn't necessarily help the community.)
stjohnswarts 5y ago
conversations (in the past) were so much easier to join, find, and review. I wish my company had a bbedit forum instead of slack :)

hef19898 5y ago

I find the fact that reddit forces me to use the app on mobile, and not the browser, highly irritating. End of story, I don't go there.

chakkepolja 5y ago
The third party apps are very good though, some even open source.
stjohnswarts 5y ago
Slide is a great, open source app that works on Android and IOS for reddit just fine. You don't have to use the reddit site or app if you don't want to. But it's fine to skip it too I suppose. I just find it far superior to other social media like twitter, facebook, and instagram. It certainly has it's warts but it is quite easy to simply choose your subset of forums and ignore everything else.