• ClamDrinker@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    What makes you think so? I read hardcore as ‘small and tight-knit’, exactly the kind of forum that could survive easily on user donations and due to the more personal relationship there’s more loss in leaving it. I know some forums that fit that description that are still around now.

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      10 months ago

      So so so many of my old favorite forms are dead. I’m not sure I agree with you

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      10 months ago

      None of the small tight knit ones I used have survived outside of VI Control. But even the remaining ones are barely turned up by search engines.

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        10 months ago

        I’m sorry to hear that, that’s a shame. My experiences are more with gaming communities from the early 2000s, so perhaps my view isn’t universally applicable to other hobbies, professions, and such.

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          10 months ago

          Nah, I’m happy to hear there are still some thriving out there. Gives me hope for the future. I’ve just noticed that I’m corralled towards Reddit any time I seek out the sorts of discussions that used to happen on forums.

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            10 months ago

            Yeah I can definitely say for a while that was the case for me as well. It’s honestly why I like Lemmy, since by the nature of federation it can both be self-contained and owned by the people actually using it, but still kept around even if the specific instance doesn’t last forever.