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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 ru
by 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 agoIndeed. 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 agoconversations (in the past) were so much easier to join, find, and review. I wish my company had a bbedit forum instead of slack :)