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That's looking to be the case. Same thing happened with Usenet and the migration to web forums because Usenet became a complete mess. Some are going to Tildes. Some are going to Le…

Sadly, there's plenty of them. Probably using MS Edge because that's what their computer came with. No adblocker installed.

Reddit has its moments but I still enjoy it. It's a fun time sink between sets at the gym or if I'm stuck on a bike pedaling and have tired yet again of Duolingo. That said, I have…

There most likely won't be. Reddit is Usenet 2.0. With Usenet, it was a diaspora. Sure, we had some sites like Slashdot that started in 1997 but even that was still targeting link …

I'd add that Discord is also a modern IRC / Freenode. That seems to be one of the primary places people are flocking as they abandon most current social media sites.

I was on Slashdot in the 90s - they started in 1997. There were some early web boards that came out then as well. And yeah, phpBB has improved. One site I've been on for a good 15+…

Well, let's be honestly. Ebaumsworld is a mess these days. Complete garbage of a front page. Submissions with no comments. Seems like a graveyard that's still operating somehow but…

We're in the chat cycle of the internet. We went through this with AOL chatrooms and IRC in the 90s as well. I'm not the most massive fan of chat in place of forums either but that…

They don't understand or at least the current implementation states as much. You have to first pick a server to join, then join that server. Once in, you're typically presented wit…

Tildes is centralized. There's no federation.

Most of the old guard is still going. How well is debatable. Ebaumsworld, Slashdot, Fark, Cheezeburger, and Something Awful, among others, are all still kicking around. Shadows of …

One thing I've noted is that online forums have expanded and consolidated a few times over the decades. We saw expansion to start, back with BBSes, then consolidation to FidoNet, U…

You mean Lemmy in general? Lemmy.ml is just one of many Lemmy servers. Though there's some discussion coming up on how things are going in Lemmy regarding anything surrounding any …