submitted 1 year ago by saltynuts420@lemm.ee to c/casualconversation@lemmy.world

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Are sites like lemmy , reddit and discord the true successors to the old internet forums of the 2000s . or were the forums superior to todays reddit , lemmy or discord .

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[-] banana_meccanica@feddit.it 8 points 1 year ago

Forums and blogs are much more organized. These platforms you've listed, and here too, are boilers of topics and comments thrown into an ocean full of them.

[-] saltynuts420@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

so why did they slowly died out and these platforms even after so many years are still standing (except lemmy obv)

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Forums and blogs were usually targeted towards a fairly specific audience. A sports forum wouldn't have much content covering computers, for example. Sites like Reddit have subs for all sorts of topics. This makes it easier to attract an audience, and even recommend it to friends who only have a passing interest in your favourite subject, as there's likely to be somewhere for them to talk about their favourite subject without having to log in to another site.