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 [...]
A bit of an effortpost :)
Please do crosspost in more fitting communities if you think of any
reddit started as a link aggregator, but morphed into a de-facto forum, yes. But link aggregation was also a big part. But when I say forums in this piece, I am talking about old school ones, as existed before reddit. Lemmy can function as a forum replacement however, which is why I suggest it at the end as a suitable replacement.
Aren’t we technically on a forum now? I always viewed reddit as a forum as well.
reddit started as a link aggregator, but morphed into a de-facto forum, yes. But link aggregation was also a big part. But when I say
forumsin this piece, I am talking about old school ones, as existed before reddit. Lemmy can function as a forum replacement however, which is why I suggest it at the end as a suitable replacement.