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I remember a point in time were there where actual communities, each one living in their own space, dedicated to any number of topics... Just around the time se
by pelagicAustral 3y ago
I remember a point in time were there where actual communities, each one living in their own space, dedicated to any number of topics... Just around the time search results were not just ads... I suppose using the Discord search functionally, once you've created an account, can render some specific results... even then, that's more akin to a chat, that an actual community where topics matter....
Can we please go back to forums?
- phone8675309 3y agoSome of us never stopped posting on forums
- coldpie 3y agoYup. They're still out there. I've been posting on the Something Awful forums for over 15 years.
- qup 3y agotwoplustwo.com is a great example from the poker world
- phone8675309 3y agoOne of my forum accounts turned 18 this year, which was surreal to me.
- whalesalad 3y agoForums are terrible as a medium for discussion. So much noise between the pages you need to scroll through, the huge signatures, the reposts/quotes of prior content just to add a simple message. I much prefer the HN/Reddit format. It also lets the community bubble-up a good response to the top. I have been big in the car community since before I was old enough to drive. Forums are a nightmare when it comes to finding an answer to a problem. All this being said, L1Techs has a decent forum for what I would consider professional hardware nerds.
- brightball 3y agoI've been a member of my school's paid Rivals.com forum for over 20 years. It's great. Generally localized to my area with people who went to my university. The fact that it's paid keeps out bots and spam traffic too. Over the years it's been great for local events, national, sports talk (of course), contractor recommendation, general life advice, people going through tough times getting support. Even saved one member's life who was deeply depressed after a divorce. Highly recommend it. People these days seem to really take for granted to community bonds that collegiate sports create.
- xnorswap 3y agoWhat you describe as "noise", others would recognise as "culture".
- weystrom 3y agoActually recognizing people posting is something that i dearly miss. Now you barely even notice the usernames.
- trealira 3y agoThere are a few people on Hacker News I recognize, because they're often commenting on the same subjects: for example, pjmlp, lispm, kazinator, Rochus. Other people I recognize because they use their real names and they're famous: for example, steveklabnik and WalterBright. However, this is an asymmetrical relationship. Edit: Hopefully this doesn't seem like I'm creepily stalking online strangers. I just notice their usernames a lot!
- swah 3y agoWith Pearls extension on Chrome your post looks like this https://i.imgur.com/t6sdOGf.png https://i.imgur.com/t6sdOGf.png
- satvikpendem 3y agoNow those fora are on Discord. In the servers I'm in, I too regularly recognize people posting.
- raspyberr 3y agoThey still exist... sounds like you're addicted to big tech.