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 [...]
    • zelifcam@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      30 days ago

      Discord has forums built in. I know everyone hates it when I mention it, but there is continuity on Discord and has been for several years now.

      That’s because it’s not exactly a great point. Look, we’re all glad they caught up to 1987 technology, but it’s behind a login screen. YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER TO ACCESS IT.

      Forcing people to sell themselves out just to read some documentation on an open source project. That hurts my brain.