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 [...]
    • zelifcamEnglish
      8•3 months ago

      Discord has forums built in. I know everyone hates it when I mention it, but there is continuity on Discord and has been for several years now.

      That’s because it’s not exactly a great point. Look, we’re all glad they caught up to 1980’s bbs tech, but it’s behind a login screen. YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER TO ACCESS IT.

      Discord had always been a square peg beaten with a hammer to fit in a round hole. Eventually gaining basic features for the things it was never meant to be used for. Forcing people to sell themselves out just to read some documentation on an open source project.

    • @JamesFireEnglish
      3•3 months ago

      They’re not search engine indexable though.

      You can’t view it without logging in.

    • ‮redirtSdeREnglish
      3•3 months ago

      discord forums are terrible though. it’s hardly an upgrade from a threads only channel