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A community to talk about the Fediverse and all it's related services using ActivityPub (Mastodon, Lemmy, KBin, etc).

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Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. (www-xataka-com.translate.goog)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What are we going to do about it?

Sorry for the Google Translate Link. An easy alternative is much appreciated.

Edit: thanks to @[email protected] for this translation alternative: https://translate.kagi.com/translate/https://www.xataka.com/servicios/foros-internet-estan-desapareciendo-porque-ahora-todo-reddit-discord-eso-preocupante

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You are right, but as I sit here and use Lemmy, I can't help but think while being a perfectly functional forum, it lacks aesthetics. What I'm looking at is Windows 1997 High contrast text editor. It tickles my nostalgia, but I can see why Reddit has a broader appeal. People like gimmicks, as much as they like aesthetics and simplicity.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, while aesthetics is typically considered a side-effect of your choice of client, i think Lemmy should offer prettier aesthetics to choose from. In the menu:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

check https://alexandrite.app/ and https://phtn.app/

There's also https://vger.app/ for mobile.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

You always gotta think about use lazy users too. Settings are great but you actually need to draw people into a level they want to customize. I'm almost there thanks for the heads up! I'm coming from the lemmy.world url. It's not bad it's just not good. It's great for us older folks but I can see where it would create an age gap. The trend of people who enjoy windows 97 UI is declining.