How did we move from forums to Reddit, Facebook groups, and Discord? - eviltoast
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 [...]

A bit of an effortpost :)

Please do crosspost in more fitting communities if you think of any

  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
    23·
    3 months ago

    There’s no reason for subforums even in that case. You can easily have multiple communities the same way XDA has.

    • SupraMario@lemmy.world
      21·
      3 months ago

      Which is a nightmare for searching and knowing where to post. Forums are still one of the best mediums for topics with multiple Branches

      • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
        21·
        3 months ago

        Not really. Just some links in the sidebar would serve the same purpose as the list of subforumsl

        • SupraMario@lemmy.world
          21·
          3 months ago

          Mobile wise it doesn’t. And as I’ve said already, forums are designed for prolonged discussion. These scroller style mediums are good for short timeframe discussions.