• comicallycluttered@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Ah, yes. Nothing like bumping a five year old thread for whatever reason.

    Legit funniest necro I saw recently was on one of the forums in a private tracker I’m a member of.

    There were about three pages of discussion. One dude is talking back and forth with another.

    Thread died down as they all do.

    A few weeks ago, five years after the last post, that same dude just randomly pops in to reply to the previous post with the most casual of responses.

    He wasn’t even inactive on the forums. Somehow he just left that specific thread for five years.

    On the topic of forums, I do like them, but I find they can often feel less “casual” than reddit/Lemmy. Different etiquette, I think.

    Discord goes the complete opposite direction. It’s basically IRC with some more modern features. In other words, there is nothing but the chaos of a conversation that’s lasted maybe an hour or so.

    How people rely on it for long term stuff, I don’t know.

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      2 years ago

      On the topic of forums, I do like them, but I find they can often feel less “casual” than reddit/Lemmy. Different etiquette, I think.

      I agree and it’s what I like about forums. to someone like me they’re more approachable. discord works best for me with friends, but it’s awkward with people I don’t know well