From the first moment I first went online in 1996, forums were the main place to hang out. In fact the very first thing I did was join an online forum run by the Greek magazine "PC Master" so I could directly to my favourite game reviewers (for me it was Tsourinakis, for those old [...]
  • EmperorHenryEnglish
    190·
    12 days ago

    Forums still exist, there only for extremely niche things though…Like high powered flashlights

    • SternEnglish
      80·
      12 days ago

      Somethingawful is still going strong, even after Lowtax died.

    • Chadus_MaximusEnglish
      71·
      12 days ago

      Out of all the things, Reddit is probably still the best for flashlight purchasing advice.

    • NoobnarskiEnglish
      40·
      11 days ago

      Here in Germany the forum culture is still somewhat alive, social media did take a big cut though.

    • FilliciaEnglish
      30·
      11 days ago

      I wish retro gaming was niche enough for nintendoage and assemblergames to still be around…

    • Draconic NEOEnglish
      20·
      10 days ago

      Plenty of console Homebrew and general gaming forums are still around. Like GBAtemp and ResetEra. I think all forms have really been about niche things for the most part. There were some general purpose forms but most of them focused around some Central subject that is core to their identity.

      Truly general purpose platforms that attempt to be about everything weren’t really a thing until social media, with digg and Reddit.

    • lambaliciousEnglish
      10·
      12 days ago

      The grossest franchise of all time (Pokémon) still has like 20 forums going on.