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 [...]
  • db0OPEnglish
    5•2 months ago

    slashdot (community topics + threads) >

    slashdot hads voting though. In fact I wish we had the same sort of votes slashdot had. up/down votes are so limited :(

    • GhostalmediaEnglish
      1•2 months ago

      I should’ve clarified.

      It had post voting, but no comment voting.

      • db0OPEnglish
        2•2 months ago

        It had post voting, but no comment voting.

        Doesn’t your screenshot show the opposite?

        • GhostalmediaEnglish
          1•2 months ago

          Maybe I’m missing something, but I thought you could only upvote / downvote posts. Comments were just a thread, and whoever commented first was at the top.

          Hence why a lot of our early shitposting was just commenting “first” as soon as an interesting post when live.

          • @linearchaosEnglish
            1•2 months ago

            Yes, it didn’t re-sort by default. You can, however, hide based on score. so kinda?

            They also used to (maybe they still do) have meta-moderation where you could flag things as funny or insightful. I always considered that a nice touch but it didn’t allow sorting either. .