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What do you miss from the old internet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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i think we need Cracked-style articles back. desperately. or like, a guy doing a weird thing and writing a piece on it. sites like those are declining faster than the glaciers.

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[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 5 months ago

Forums. I found forums the most engaging, interesting structure for "social media" that has ever been invented. I actually tended to get to know the people on them over time.

I have no idea why we ditched that structure in favor of "platforms".

[-] BothsidesistFraud@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Forums were great but the friction to find and join new ones was very high.

[-] s_s@lemmy.one 1 points 5 months ago

Also reposts killed forums.

New posters asked the same 6 questions over and over.

[-] menemen@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Here in Germany forums are still quite active. I have several forums I actively use.

The thing with forums though, is that they oftentimes end in drama. People really do get to know one another over time on forums and that often leads to meltdowns on a scale you don't have on lemmy or similar pages.

[-] Ellecram@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

There are still some forums around but they are usually very niche. I frequent a few especially when I get banned from Reddit lol.

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