From the first moment I first went online in 1996, forums were the main place to hang out. In fact the very first thing I did was join an online forum run by the Greek magazine "PC Master" so I could directly to my favourite game reviewers (for me it was Tsourinakis, for those old [...]
  • FlaxEnglish
    54·
    3 months ago

    If there was a Reddit/Lemmy style website (where people create communities for various subjects but it’s all available from the same website using the same credentials) with forum style discussions I would be outta here in a moment.

    My brother, this is that website

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      41·
      3 months ago

      No, it’s not. Unless they only allow the sorting of threads based on which discussions has the newest comment (bumping) and remove comment nesting (so discussions are ongoing instead of branching off which makes it difficult to keep up with what’s new in the different threads), it’s not that website.

      • FlaxEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Can’t someone make a client or a UI which does this?

          • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            3 months ago

            Only works if everyone is sorting the same way otherwise by replying to an old post you’re just screaming in the void.

        • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          42·
          3 months ago

          Again, unless it works the same way for everyone then people are just replying to old discussions and no one knows about it except for the person they’re replying to.

          • FlaxEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            How so? I generally scroll to the bottom on here

            • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              3 months ago

              Look at this conversation, it’s old enough that it doesn’t show in my feed anymore (sorted by top 6h), if I wasn’t taking part in it no matter how many people replied to it I would never know it took place.

              That’s what I’m talking about, if sorting is up to the user then most people only see “fresh” content, not ongoing conversations that they might want to take part in if they realized they’re happening. Same for the comments sections, threaded makes it harder to check what’s new (have to go down each branch to get the context).