Lemdro.id

-15 points

9 months ago

I guess it’s not a bad thing but I feel like “forums” should be left in 1999 where they belong and these platforms should just switch to Lemmy.

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Nutteman@lemmy.world

15 points

9 months ago

Forums are where you can still find answers to the veeeerrrryyyyy niche questions you may have on just about anything. They have saved my ass so many times when trying to get things working on my pc or with my car.

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1 point

9 months ago

And you can’t find niche answers on forums like Lemmy?

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Nutteman@lemmy.world

4 points

9 months ago

Not always, no. And often the question I have has already been answered on those forums. So no need to even post to lemmy. Have you never had to troubleshoot something before or something?

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1 point

9 months ago

Not always, no.

And you can “always” find them on forums?

And often the question I have has already been answered on those forums.

I’d say the same goes for a certain very popular Lemmy-like message board. Way moreso than any forum.

Have you never had to troubleshoot something before or something?

Oh good, we’ve reached the personal insults phase of the discussion, that was fast.

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14 points

9 months ago

Forum users tend to prefer long-lasting discussions, which is not the case on Lemmy/Reddit, where threads are forgotten after a few days.

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stackPeek@lemmy.world

1 point

9 months ago

Heck–it was designed to be like that, even Reddit archivesa thread after 6 months right?

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-1 points

9 months ago

Yeah that’s exactly what sucks about them.

When you open up the front page, you’re not shown what is the most interesting and recent topics, you’re shown 12 year old thread that xxedgelord69 dug up and added a fuckin’ poop emoji.

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