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 [...]
  • LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
    31·
    13 hours ago

    Well anyway I enjoyed the read.

    I am only here actually because proper forums have yet to figure out federation. As soon as Discourse or Flarum or whatever figure out full federation, I’m gone (over to them).

    Specifically, I prefer chronologically sorted posts and the absence of voting systems.

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      4·
      12 hours ago

      You can actually do that on lemmy already like so. Sorting by new doesn’t use the voting. Hell you can even sort them like a forum by sorting by “new comments”

      • LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        I get it, and thanks for the advice. But I dislike what voting does to spaces like this as a matter of principle. It is a social consensus reinforcement mechanism, even if it is implemented with the best of intentions.