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Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by anyfoo »

Aeolun wrote: post #65

This is way too flat to be a 2000s era forum. But it looks nice. I’m not sure about thread display on mobile though. The table format seems like it takes way too much space for the post count display. Also, navigating back somehow keeps the existing page after swiping, and then janks back to the previous page after 200ms or so. Not sure what causes that.

> This is way too flat to be a 2000s era forum.

I guess that makes it "2000s-inspired". I think it's fine if the visual style of the 2000s eras isn't retained, as long as the character is the same (e.g. linear threads, and threads that are ranked by last reply instead of upvotes).

Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by girvo »

BFLpL0QNek wrote: post #86

Nice design. I miss the 2000s forums. They were a great source of information that was easy to read, search and for search engines to index. As the posts where often by enthusiasts they were a treasure trove, especially the automotive forums for repair information. The closest we have now is Reddit but doesn’t feel the same and the UX certainly isn’t as good even comparing to 2000s hobbyists installing vanilla Vbulle…

The Atomic MPC forums were amazing when I was growing up. I miss them, Facebook effectively killed it sadly.

Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by joenot443 »

andy_andy_andy wrote: post #67

_incredible_ how quickly hacker news visitors start posting slurs

I didn’t see what was posted, but I feel like if one’s the type to be bothered by slurs, a self described 2000s style forum probably isn’t what I’d recommend.

Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by Klonoar »

eterm wrote: post #70
Klonoar wrote: post #28

Can I just say that you've done a remarkably good job at capturing the feel of old school forums without going overboard into old school UI/UX? The spacing, font choices and just general layout feel modern enough without being overbearing. It's very pleasant to browse.

It's odd because I was immediately thrown off when I hit the back button and there was a lag going back. Even on dial-up, going back was an instant operation because it just loaded the cache. Even when it did reload, it would immediate blank or react in some way. It didn't have a weird lag to it like this site does, which immediately reveals the true foundations as a more modern SPA where hitting the back button must…

I'm discussing UI/UX, not the stack. The back button is... something else here.

Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by thenipper »

aetherspawn wrote: post #37
partly_cloudy wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

not yet, but definitely in the future!

We would love to see the source code for this also. Would be very nostalgic to self-host an instance for personal use.

Same! It has a nice vibe that'd be great for like keeping in touch with friends

Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by Natsu »

BFLpL0QNek wrote: post #86

Nice design. I miss the 2000s forums. They were a great source of information that was easy to read, search and for search engines to index. As the posts where often by enthusiasts they were a treasure trove, especially the automotive forums for repair information. The closest we have now is Reddit but doesn’t feel the same and the UX certainly isn’t as good even comparing to 2000s hobbyists installing vanilla Vbulle…

Pre-eternal September usenet was great, we just needed better anti-spam solutions than killfiles.

Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by xwdv »

paulpauper wrote: post #31

Hacker News is like a late '90s forum in terms of minimalism, but it has a sick backend. same for Wikipedia and craigslist. That is usually how it is: simple frontend, technical backend

The backend is not that sick. Just a simple program running on some PC under someone’s desk somewhere.

Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by citizenkeen »

anyfoo wrote: post #99
BFLpL0QNek wrote: post #86

Nice design. I miss the 2000s forums. They were a great source of information that was easy to read, search and for search engines to index. As the posts where often by enthusiasts they were a treasure trove, especially the automotive forums for repair information. The closest we have now is Reddit but doesn’t feel the same and the UX certainly isn’t as good even comparing to 2000s hobbyists installing vanilla Vbulle…

They seem to make a comeback of sorts. I know a few podcasts at least that have gathered their community in "old school" web forums. Some of them literally use the old phpBB, but some use much more modern and mature software, that is a pleasure to use. They all however still adhere to the linear (non-tree) thread model. You can answer to individual posts and they are then linked together, but all posts still appear i…

With all the people wishing for forums but not wanting to host, I'm surprised nobody had made a Discord-for-forums. Threaded, not reddit.
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