• Nomecks
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    577 months ago

    Who would have thought that Twitter would become the new Somethingawful forums, and that Musk would take the role of Lowtax.

    • @TropicalDingdong
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      97 months ago

      aoh man. So apt and too soon.

      Is SA still around?

        • @TropicalDingdong
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          107 months ago

          Ngl I’m cautious about even looking. Has it devolved into a rw shithole or is it still funny?

          • @yumpsuit
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            87 months ago

            The blowtax shock-site days are long gone. With occasional exceptions in containment areas like the pink forum and the debate forum, SA’s culture is acceptable-to-laudable these days. Effortposts on the leftist board are a life-changing force for personal betterment, and goons remain some of the most charitable nerds anywhere.

            And despite all of that, it is still funny.

            • @TropicalDingdong
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              107 months ago

              I do miss the culture and spirit of photoshop contests between SA and Fark.

              God I’m old.

            • @[email protected]
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              37 months ago

              I really should join up one of these days. Used to read the front page every day for a looong time, but never joined the forums because I couldn’t pay online (and was broke af).

              I’m guessing it feels a bit like a slice of old internet?

              • @yumpsuit
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                37 months ago

                Depends on the subforum, naturally, but the whole place is unquestionably a big waxy cheese wheel of old internet. The paywall, the heavy moderation, regulars who’ve been posting brainy takes in megathreads for years… it still all works like a charm.

                Find someone who knows their shit on a topic you care about and hit the ¿ to see their posts and jump in to great moments of earlier discussion. Encounter them again being smart about some other awesome thing. Skip pages of fast threads except for posters you want to see. No upvotes, ya use yer words. That’s a tasty slice of a rare flavor.

                Forums are detox for algorithm sickness. Still one of the finest tenbux you can spend.

    • @yumpsuit
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      77 months ago

      I’ve seen web writers claim that the original brain trust of Weird Twitter started from a Something Awful clique