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I wanted to search for the best e-scooter on the Swedish market and instead of doing site:reddit.com I did site:flashback.org and was satisfied with the results
by INTPenis 4y ago
I wanted to search for the best e-scooter on the Swedish market and instead of doing site:reddit.com I did site:flashback.org and was satisfied with the results.
Flashback.org is a standalone Swedish forum that has stuck in there for over 20 years. Warning that it can be rather NSFW.
I wish I knew of more like it off hand but I know I've seen them, a lot of niche areas often have their own traditional forum. Like indie game devs, ham radio enthusiasts and so forth.
I think there is a psychological aspect to the type of people who are not happy just discussing their interests in a facebook group. That extra step of being an independent forum tends to attract either older nerds, or those who don't find social media attractive.
Therefore I wonder if there is a market in a forum platform, Forum as a Service. If you're using a forum platform, why not just use Facebook? Ethical reasons? I dunno, just speculating.
- DeWilde 4y agoI just add "forum" to my query and it returns results from all kinds of forum.
- mongol 4y agoFlashback is quite interesting as forum. For non-Swedes - this is where you go when you want to know what is not spelled out explicitly in mainstream news. For example who was the famous celebrity that was arrested at some restaurant last weekend, or what are the details behind the shooting that media writes happened in suburb X last night. You need to sort through racism and mud to find the nuggets, but it is sometimes invaluable because you learn things that the mainstream news write weeks later, if ever. I wonder if every country has a version of this.