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Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. (www-xataka-com.translate.goog)
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What are we going to do about it?

Sorry for the Google Translate Link. An easy alternative is much appreciated.

Edit: thanks to @Xamrica@lemmy.dbzer0.com for this translation alternative: https://translate.kagi.com/translate/https://www.xataka.com/servicios/foros-internet-estan-desapareciendo-porque-ahora-todo-reddit-discord-eso-preocupante

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[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 116 points 5 days ago

Ugh, Discord is an information black hole. I despise how so many of my niches have fled there.

Reddit seems to be trying to destroy that "role" of theirs as hard as they can though. A few very niche subs I follow are drying from some kind of "bug" that deprioritizes their discoverability.

It’s not a bug. It’s absolutely a feature for making Reddit more generic, farmable garbage and noise.

[-] tfm@europe.pub 21 points 5 days ago

They are both trash. How can we get more people to join Lemmy and the Fediverse?

[-] Gormadt 23 points 5 days ago

Keep talking about it abroad

[-] yuki2501@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

"The net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."

Users will search for new places. The fact that we are here is proof.

Build it, and they will come.

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yeah, well, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok are not the net, they are siloes. Discord too. Even Reddit is trying as hard as it can to be insular.

Much of my family doesn’t even know how to use a browser, at least not beyond the bare minimum for work. They probably never will.

I think old school internet folks are underestimating just how much of a grip Big Tech has on users' attention.l, and their devices.

[-] tacofox@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

R.I.P the original Xbox Scene forums 💔

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