Probably why people are moving gaming forums to discord is for the fact that social connectivity works better with discord. you get to know people by talking to them directly via chat or voice call. and for gamers, well, they can find other players and play with them right on the go.
I do like forums for the fact that it can contain so much interesting info and events, people act more diverse. the themes are weird and some may cause seizures but overall pretty fucking great. weird shit may not be the stereotypical furry and porn or spooky internet stuff but also more onto specific kinds of topics you may not even know existed.
anyway Rest in peace (presumably) to the big three, phpBB myBB SMF.
What must be done?
In the days where these kinds of communities are dying, is the most important time for everyone to recreate a dying community, bring it back from the dead. Take examples of the successful communities of the past. look at guides like runyourown.social jot down what do you want to do in it. there is no point of a community doesn’t have a goal, or at least some fun stuff going on.
You have all the tools you have to create whatever kind of dogshit network service, and more. hell, everything you see in the internet nowadays you can run on a VPS. a voice chat server, a social network, forum, email, video streaming platform, game servers, you name it.
So, any of you who wants to save this thing. Write something down. and just do it.
discord =/= forum
Probably why people are moving gaming forums to discord is for the fact that social connectivity works better with discord. you get to know people by talking to them directly via chat or voice call. and for gamers, well, they can find other players and play with them right on the go.
I do like forums for the fact that it can contain so much interesting info and events, people act more diverse. the themes are weird and some may cause seizures but overall pretty fucking great. weird shit may not be the stereotypical furry and porn or spooky internet stuff but also more onto specific kinds of topics you may not even know existed.
anyway Rest in peace (presumably) to the big three, phpBB myBB SMF.
What must be done?
In the days where these kinds of communities are dying, is the most important time for everyone to recreate a dying community, bring it back from the dead. Take examples of the successful communities of the past. look at guides like runyourown.social jot down what do you want to do in it. there is no point of a community doesn’t have a goal, or at least some fun stuff going on.
You have all the tools you have to create whatever kind of dogshit network service, and more. hell, everything you see in the internet nowadays you can run on a VPS. a voice chat server, a social network, forum, email, video streaming platform, game servers, you name it.
So, any of you who wants to save this thing. Write something down. and just do it.
and stop fucking complaining on blogs.