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 [...]
  • DeeDan06@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    20·
    1 month ago

    Yeah. Federating forums seem like a useful feature to keep them going. The forum style has it benefits that the discord and reddit style lacks. Sadly a forum I used a lot for my community is now in its final days, even if it managed to last a lot longer than others

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      9·
      1 month ago

      Maybe ask if they’re willing to switched over to lemmy? You can sort like a forum does. Long shot but hey…

      • DeeDan06@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        8·
        1 month ago

        true. I didn’t consider that. That would could work. Lemmy is a lot more advanced in that regard. Currently the best ideas are Discord and give up, and the original owners are done with the idea, but I could try and create a spiritual successor on here. Lemmy suffers a bit from the same isues as Forums with lack of people, but I only need to convince the OGs. I need to think about that, and a forum from 2004 whose software is a decade out of date is easy to beat in that regard

        Also thanks for creating this awesome instance.

        • Draconic NEO@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 month ago

          Also tools like Lemmy Federate can help broaden the reach and allow more people on Lemmy to discover your communities, since communities and their content doesn’t get federated until someone is subscribed to them.