Los foros de internet están desapareciendo porque ahora todo es Reddit y Discord. Y eso es preocupante
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Hubo un tiempo en que los foros de discusión eran nuestras redes sociales. Los usuarios visitaban aquellos que se ajustaban a cierta temática y eso les...
  • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Something I was hopeful for but seems to have died is lemmyBB. A phpBB-style front-end to Lemmy. I’d like the accessibility of being able to use an existing account that federation brings but the forum-style approach that phpBB has.

    Mostly though I’ve been disappointed in the teens and twenty-somethings. They seem to have, in distressingly large numbers, just opted to go along with whatever they’re encouraged to use by large platform holders. There doesn’t seem to be an appetite to create communities and define spaces that they control. Perhaps that’s just me getting old though…

    • Buelldozer@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      3 months ago

      What do you think Lemmy is missing that phpBB had aside from strong user communities built over years where many of the users knew each other IRL?

      • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Being designed around persistent topics rather than the ephemeral post model and more visible user customisation (more prominent avatars, signatures, that sort of thing).

        • Buelldozer@lemmy.todayEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Being designed around persistent topics rather than the ephemeral post model

          Hmmm, you’re probably on to something there. I think Lemmy could do that but no one cares to set it up.

          and more visible user customisation (more prominent avatars, signatures, that sort of thing).

          I’m honestly not sure this is a bad thing. Dear God, remember how threads would get blown out by hyper-configurations? Sig blocks that were 20,000 pixels long and endless GIF spam? Not sure I’m in a hurry to get back to that!

          One of my favorite forums has been around since 1999 and is currently running on XenoForo which is very phpBB-esque. Anytime I get a nostalgia hankering I drop in for a few minutes. It’s not always as good as you may remember. :)

            • Buelldozer@lemmy.todayEnglish
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              3 months ago

              XenoForo is a bit spendy but they’re providing the software, hosting and data storage. IIRC the forum I’m talking about is on the “Business” plan due to how busy it is.