Forum sites

Posted by hotsaucedrinkerman@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 19 comments

Could the classic forum format be good enough? Forums allow for their creators to further customize the user experience and embody decentralization. A return of forum sites would be amazing for 2023.

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Willsmith258@reddit

Forums could be the perfect alternative to today's centralised social media platforms. They allow decentralisation, where users have more control over content, and offer a customizable experience. Unlike social media, forums focus on specific topics, creating meaningful discussions in niche communities. Plus, the nostalgia of older forums, where real connections were made, is something many of us miss.

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worldofstonesus@reddit

in 2024, i don't think so forum submission sites works properly. now its called as community submission websites. i also using sites for my projects.

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Decca77@reddit

I have been using Forums from the beginning and I always have enjoyed them

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Initial-Picture-5638@reddit

same here. I’ve been using forums since 2004 and I don’t see myself leaving them anytime soon. I love the atmosphere and community feeling of them.

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r47926@reddit

Yes!

That's what I wish for since the decline of forum communities many years ago. There are a few bigger forum communites I know of that still exist, for example boards.ie.. but in the end, most forums are topic or area specific. Back in the day, when a forum community got big enough, they covered basically every topic (even though they mostly started being dedicated to a specific one, eg. gaming or IT)

What would a modern forum software and community need?

A start page/news feed that shows you interesting posts from all communites you've joined and other posts that might be interesting.
Maybe an easy way to link/share news articles that appear on user's start page/news feed and let you open the shared URL (maybe even chached/ad free) as well as the discussion with one click.
A big, international community and forums to every possible area, topic and hobby
The possibility to "join" a forum/community (like you do in reddit), atm forum software doesn't really have this.
An upvote/like/karma system that takes all the good from reddit's system without encouraging and rewarding rude behaviour and stupid jokes (like reddit does).
A really good search engine that covers all forums
A good compromise between easy login/registration to all communities/forums and privacy... Maybe some kind of automatically created user profile aliases (one for each forum/community) that are linked to your profile, but only people on your friend list can see your real user name in every forum/community?

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ioxhv@reddit

No one wants a different app and account for every community they join. However, there are platforms which allow people to use one account to view content across many servers.

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theg721@reddit

No one wants a different app and account for every community they join

I don't think that this necessarily requires either of those things though.

You don't need an app if you have a good enough mobile experience on your website.

You don't need an account on that website so long as that website supports some kind of OAuth (log in with Google/Apple/GitHub/your own website/etc.).

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YoSaffBridge11@reddit

I used to being to a couple of forums that had different topic options, similar to Reddit. In just needed the one login.

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Stiltzkinn@reddit

Forums are still common, I would say the best platform right now is Discourse.

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GoldenRhyno@reddit

I feel like this is useful information in trying times like these:

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-forum-search-engines-to-search-40-000-message-boards/

Maybe somebody make it its own thread here to show options for the reddit Diaspora.

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FanClubs_org@reddit

I'm building a centralized forum site at FanClubs.org if you want to check it out. It does allows for customized experiences in member-run Fan Clubs.

Fan clubs have their own forum, events, blog, and image galleries if the Fan Club owners choose to add them.

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textuist@reddit

sure, they already exist, probably as mentioned in the megathread, more people might make use of them