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NBCooks ,

Forums are alive and well for BBQ. See Amazing Ribs forums and BBQ Brethren.

boonhet ,

Cars too. Lots of marque or model specific forums still kicking it.

Bo7a ,

And motorcycles!

Shameless plug for the triumph bobber forum and triumphrat if you are into those bikes.

boonhet ,

I’m actually looking at something else for my first bike, but it does have a forum because it seems to have a huge fan base - I’m looking at older Ducati Monsters, particularly the 620.

Bo7a ,

Ducati.ms will be your best friend.

Yeah, I’m a little bit too much into motorcycle forums…

LodeMike ,

Discord is not a forum lol

rimjob_rainer ,

Then why are people using it as one?

LodeMike ,

Because they hate themselves /s

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

Two things can be true

TexMexBazooka ,

Because it’s convenient

DNAmaster10 ,

I know of a couple Discord servers with “help” channels being used to completely replace forums which would have served the same purpose back in the day. Not sure if that’s what it’s talking about.

Romkslrqusz ,

Discord has evolved from more or less being a series of chatrooms (like IRC) to having “threads” that work a lot like how a forum would typically be used.

In the repair community, a lot of conversation about component level repair has moved to Discord channels. Sites like badcaps.net or the Rossmann group forums have comparatively low usage. Nested away in Discord, this information doesn’t show up in search engine results and can’t be archived by web crawlers. When a Discord server is deleted or made private, that information is forever lost.

Peddlephile ,

Welcome to the new era of enshittification where you’ll eventually have to subscribe to access or make posts, and none of it will be searchable on any search engines.

rimjob_rainer ,

At least Reddit is searchable, while Discord is not. Not trying to defend Reddit though.

nossaquesapao ,

At least Reddit is searchable

How long until they restrict viewing the full contents of posts without logging in?

SnipingNinja ,

They recently had a deal with Google, so not soon I guess

rxin ,

They already did for mobile browsers.

UltraGiGaGigantic ,

I think Facebook won’t let me look at their videos without logging in

Hoomod ,

Commenting/making posts has always required an account of some sort, at least as far back as I can remember. Maybe the IRC days you just needed a name

rottingleaf ,

With guestbooks - not always. They were full of spam, of course

rottingleaf ,

New?

Anyway, I think all this is a result of thieves in governments becoming conscious of how the Web works and breaking it with the means they have - helping corps and making litigation more and more likely for anything small and well-behaving, because of failing to remove something etc.

It just makes sense. In 2005 with all the problems with search engines of that time, and with having to use web directories and ask people, you had a lot of information at the tips of your fingers. You could read a lot of things about people who would prefer to do their stuff more confidentially, like mafia bosses and bureaucrats and politicians.

GreatAlbatross ,
@GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk avatar

And the shoe will probably drop at some point. Something like “communities must have nitro to access posts from more than 6 months ago”.

mdd ,

Forums are alive and well when looking for car info. Whenever I get a different car I look for communities with the most activity and that is usually a forum.

The one exception I can think of (proving the post to be true) is the first generation Tundra (2000-2007). The FB group had more current news than the forums and I managed to get banned (first time ever).

DrowningInteger ,

Yeah I’m on OdyClub probably every other day and there’s always new posts coming in

fritobugger2017 ,

HiFi folks and coffee folks have active forums outside of reddit and discord.

HelixDab2 ,

I dunno, when you’re talking about really specialized niches, there are still plenty of forums. Like, 600rr.net; it’s dedicated to nothing but Honda CBR600RR motorcycles. If you have a problem with a 600RR, the answer is probably there, and the forum is still ticking along because it’s just too hard to find those super-niche answers on Reddit. Want gun content with a healthy dose of homo/transphobia and christian nationalism? AR15.com has you covered. Want to talk about the minutiae of reloading and be autistically-focused on long-range accuracy? SnipersHide.com is your place. (They’re a bit fuddy though.)

BigBananaDealer ,
@BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee avatar

if anyone here used to go on kongregate a lot, go check it out now. it is depressing. they dont even have chat rooms anymore

someguy3 ,

Every now and then I get a forum as a search result and they’re just so clunky. Replies are spaced out too much, no chains, everyone has a long winded signature phrase. I’m glad it went to this kind of format.

GenosseFlosse ,

Forums existed when everyone had a 1024x800 computer monitor on his desk, before mobile Webbrowsers where a thing. The layout did make sense at the time.

someguy3 ,

Nah even on desktop it’s clunky.

CosmoNova ,

It‘s really annoying how searching anything online becomes harder by the day because of it and AI is not helping with it either.

drunkpostdisaster ,

You have to go to some pretty toxic plaices if you really want to experience old internet.

mtchristo ,

We need help communities on Lemmy. That’s what is going to make it rank in SEO and fly. Communities like software help (office, adobe creative products, etc), financial help and advice. And ask docs communities.

Memes won’t help SEO rank.

newbeni ,

At this point I try to disregard anything that I can tell is SEO generated though, I wonder how many more feel like me.

TexMexBazooka ,

Not enough, unfortunately

HexesofVexes ,
  1. Make it too big to fail
  2. Wait for the fall while enshittifying
  3. Cash in on the bail out
  4. Go to 2
PriorityMotif ,
@PriorityMotif@lemmy.world avatar

Neons.org

dreikelvin ,

smiles in lemmy

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

My favorite forum is still chugging along!

forums.mst3k.com

If you’re a fan, you’re most welcome.

If you’re not a fan, you’re still welcome, but you probably won’t get a lot of our references.

If you’re a dickweed- well, you probably won’t last any longer than Tom Servo did as an Observer.

PlasticExistence ,

I wonder if there’s beer on the Sun…

Lost_My_Mind ,

Well there better be! Otherwise I’m not going to vacation there!

pirating ,

I see Rowsdower, I up vote Rowsdower!

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Even many fans don’t get this reference now, sadly. The DVD set it was on is long out-of-print and Tjardus Greidanus won’t grant them the rights to re-release it. He also sends takedowns to anyone who uploads The Final Sacrifice to YouTube.

It really sucks when one of the best episodes of a TV show can’t bee seen.

PlasticExistence , (edited )

Yeah, I’ve read about his refusal to let people enjoy it. That’s a shame as it’s one of my favorite MST3K episodes.

Keep circulating the tapes!

IzzyJ ,

Whos Tom Servo

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

He’s the wind, baby!

Snowcano ,

Sorry, baby. No one rules the Tom Monster!

ocassionallyaduck ,

This is a beautiful thing. I love MST3K, I might just join it.

jamyang ,

Thanks for the recommendation.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

SomethingAwful is still around. As are a lot of niche forums like XDA. We also have Lemmy and other non-corporate ran social media.

iopq ,

Unfortunately, I don’t have ten bucks

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

i never wanted to pay for that either lol

TexMexBazooka ,

Unfortunately here’s the reality: if you want something specific, you’ll probably have to pay for it

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