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
    32·
    3 hours 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
      3·
      3 hours 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
        1·
        3 hours ago

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

        • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          3 hours 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
            1·
            2 hours ago

            How so? I generally scroll to the bottom on here