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db0 to [email protected]English • 7 months ago

How did we move from forums to Reddit, Facebook groups, and Discord?

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How did we move from forums to Reddit, Facebook groups, and Discord?

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db0 to [email protected]English • 7 months ago
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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 [...]

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  • Draconic NEO
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    4•7 months ago

    Also tools like Lemmy Federate can help broaden the reach and allow more people on Lemmy to discover your communities, since communities and their content doesn’t get federated until someone is subscribed to them.

    • Blaze (he/him)
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      I was going to bring up this post, but it’s actually yours

      https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/28227815?scrollToComments=true

      • Draconic NEO
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        Yeah it seems not a lot of people are aware of this tool anymore. I guess since it’s no longer advertised on lemy.lol’s sidebar people just sort of forgot about it.

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