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do you think older-style internet forums have a place in the future of the internet? (beehaw.org)
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this is an interesting question i've had banging around in my mind since well before Reddit's implosion (and Discord's enshittification), but which seems really worth asking now.

you can't blame Reddit and Discord or their imitators entirely for these going out of style, but they've sure put the dagger in a lot of remaining ones, and i kind of wonder if they're just in an irreversible and terminal decline a la USENET. i can only name two or three i even consider checking anymore, and i'm not sure how sustainable any of those are long-term.

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[–] BobQuasit@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm an old-timer who got on the internet in the mid '80s, so I spent a lot of time on usenet. I often miss those days. Usenet was anarchic, but it wasn't subject to the vicissitudes of capitalism. It couldn't be controlled. It was designed to survive nuclear war. We need something like that again.

[–] neamhsplach@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

vicissitudes

**a: a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance : a fluctuation of state or condition

the vicissitudes of daily life

b: a difficulty or hardship attendant on a way of life, a career, or a course of action and usually beyond one's control**

TIL!

[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I remember sending a nasty reply to the green card spam posting, and thinking "Well, THAT's fixed.". Ha ha. Sigh.