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[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It'll expose more people to the topic though.

Forums are great for detailed conversation, but not so fast for spreading information and garnering commentary.

There's a reason sites like Reddit sprang up and grew huge despite forums having already existed.

Those then interested in assisting more or having slower but more in depth discussion however will then gravitate towards the forums.

[-] MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

There’s a reason sites like Reddit sprang up and grew huge despite forums having already existed.

Yeah, but it comes with many major downsides that have become more apparent in recent years. For example, even lemmy seems to get hit hard by astroturfing, misinformation, disinformation, and toxicity. That's more rare and easier to prevent on forums I think.

It’ll expose more people to the topic though.

Yeah, I was considering using lemmy instead of creating a forum, but decided on the latter after weighing the pros and cons.

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Oh no for sure, the forum is the better choice.

I'm just saying a Lemmy instance can reach a wider audience so there's more awareness at least.

But the forum is best to keep for better discussion. But there needs to be a decent amount of people for discussion to happen in the first place

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