i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoInternet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.www.xataka.comexternal-linkmessage-square352fedilinkarrow-up11.49Karrow-down124
arrow-up11.47Karrow-down1external-linkInternet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.www.xataka.comi_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square352fedilink
minus-squareMilitantAtheist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoNot sure if serious. 😑 Anyway, before forums, there was a network of servers hosting discussions and to some extent file sharing. The modern version of Usenet is pretty focused on file sharing and mostly so on paid servers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet#:~:text=Usenet is a set of,which is potentially widely distributed.
Not sure if serious. 😑
Anyway, before forums, there was a network of servers hosting discussions and to some extent file sharing.
The modern version of Usenet is pretty focused on file sharing and mostly so on paid servers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet#:~:text=Usenet is a set of,which is potentially widely distributed.