The forums of old times still exist in some corners of the internet. They used to be big and there was one for pretty much every topic.

But most died over the years or got replaced by services like Facebook groups, Reddit or Discord.

Are you still using proper forums, which ones and why haven’t you made the switch to other forms of communication?

  • dizzy@lemmy.ml
    10·
    9 months ago

    Yeah a lot of pro audio discussion still happens on gearspace (formerly gearslutz), KVR, dogsonacid, etc

  • Alter_Id@kbin.social
    10·
    9 months ago

    The forums on the metal archives are still active and a good resource for various different things concerning extreme metal. Bits of news, discussion, and some out of left field recommendations that I don’t find other places.

        • Xer0@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          I do get that. I like the place for the discussion as answers seem to be lengthy and generally well thought out, but I do get the impression there’s a lot of zoomers there. I just like the idea of a personal site and have found a lot of useful info and ideas there, but yeah totally understand where you’re coming from.

  • promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi
    6·
    9 months ago

    Easiest one that comes to mind is the archlinux.org forums. It pops up constantly in searches, even if youre not searching for an arch specific problem, so I used it even before daily driving arch. Now I have an account on there and have made a few posts seeking help. Most of the time though someone has already asked it, and someone else has already provided a solution.

  • blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk
    4·
    9 months ago

    Yes I use quite a few and mostly started using them again this past year. The thing that made the big difference was finding the app Hermit. It let’s me have something akin to a separate browser per forum that is fixed to that URL. I then have a bunch of shortcuts on my home screen, one per forum. It made using forums so much easier and streamlined.

  • zout@kbin.social
    3·
    9 months ago

    This one. I don’t like the other things you mention. I did join a sub reddit on the topic years ago, but it was awful. Full of people who didn’t know anything of the subject, but were very willing to downvote.

  • Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    Rate Your Music and MusicBrainz both use traditional forums, though I haven’t really posted in them lately. I also joined EndeavourOS’ forums at the time I joined Lemmy.

  • Daeraxa@lemmy.ml
    2·
    9 months ago

    I can’t say I really use any of the older style BBS ones like phpBB but there are plenty of smaller software communities using Discourse based forums. For less active communities they are far superior to Discord due to the more asynchronous nature and gives you a lot more control than Reddit/Lemmy.

  • Marcumas@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 months ago

    Hot rod/muscle car guys still use forums. There’s some good ones that I use for old Mopar stuff.

  • kurcatovium@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    I still do use a few. First one is local one about bass guitars, mainly going there for the great community. Second is another local about PC and hardware. Now thinking about it, I rarely visit others.