catboss

The forums of old times still exist in some corners of the internet. They used to be big and there was one for pretty much every topic.

But most died over the years or got replaced by services like Facebook groups, Reddit or Discord.

Are you still using proper forums, which ones and why haven't you made the switch to other forms of communication?

As the service grows, I have noticed more and more people and bots popping up, only posting links to a news article and that's that. Usually there is no post, no summary and nothing from the OP but the link.

What do you all think about this?

Do you think it's a good thing, because it is providing content? Do you maybe find it annyoing and if so, why?

I myself am happy when people take the time out of their say to try to provide content, but for me it's a bit low effort a lot of the times. Bots I tend to block immediately and people it they make it hard for me to reader other posts between all their link-posting.

But I am more curious how you all think about this and whether you consider it good or bad.

Nutzt ihr noch klassische Foren und wenn ja, zu welchen Themen? Sind diese Communities noch aktiv, aktiv am sterben oder vielleicht sogar ganz neu?

Wenn nicht, würde euch etwas dazu bringen euch noch in einem klassischen Forum aktiv zu beteiligen oder ist diese Form der Kommunikation durch die neueren Medien wie Messenger, Discord und Plattformen wie Reddit/Lemmy/Kbin obsolet geworden?

Sicherlich sind Höglichkeitsformen kulturell und gesellschaftlich überkommen und sie werden nach wie vor vielfach und aktiv genutzt.

Ich persönlich sieze andere Menschen alleine schon aus beruflichen Gründen oft, aber manchmal scheint es mir auch einfach nur etwas albern. Nach meinem Gefühl schafft das Siezen künstlich Distanz. Manchmal gründet diese auf hierarchischen Strukturen, auf Respekt voreinander oder einfach, weil eine Person sich Abstand (z.B. von sozialen Beziehungen auf der Arbeit zu privaten) wünscht. Alles berechtigt, aber manchmal vielleicht kontraproduktiv.

So biete ich persönlich allen Kollegen auf gleicher oder niedrigerer Stufe auf Arbeit immer das Du an. Ich finde, dass erleichtert die Arbeit untereinander, schafft mehr Verständnis und Zusammenhalt.

Auch gegenüber neuen Bekannten bin ich da selbst recht offen, weil man sich gefühlt auf die gleiche Augenhöhe begibt und als gleichwertige Menschen betrachtet. Mir begegenen aber auch oft (zunehmend aber weniger) Leute, die wollen immer das Sie.

Was sind eure Gedanken zu dem Thema? Meint ihr das ist auch ein Generationending? Wann siezt und wann duzt ihr und was mögt ihr (wann) mehr? Glaubt ihr, dass sich da noch viel ändern wird in der Zukunft oder eher, dass wir beide Formen auch noch in Zukunft nutzen werden?

Could anyone explain to my why some people are trying so incredible hard to turn lemmy/kbin into Reddit 2.0?

Reddit wasn't exactly great before this migration wave, it hasn't been an interesting place in quite some time and I sincerely doubt it will get better in the future.

In my opinion most content on there is pretty much trash in a variety of flavors. That and doomscrolling. Sure there is niche subs and I get that losing them to might suck, but everyone managed before we had those and everyone will manage now. There is always the option to remake them somewhere else when Reddit decides to kill them, be it by removing modding tools, drowning the content in ads or what ever malicious shit might happen.

In most cases a massive number of users has been detrimental to the quality of subs. I don't really see the benefit trying to get as many people to switch as possible. In fact I think there is an argument to be made for smaller communities.

There is also a tendency to argue that people shouldn't use Reddit. People also drink till they black out and shouldn't do that either. Or drive their cars over the speed limit. Or pronounce "gif" with a "j". Why not let everyone do what they want, why does this have to be a binary choice or a choice at all?

Maybe a few people just feel like this is some kind of battle that has to be won. It isn't. Reddit will try to make as much money as possible at any cost, it is how most companies operate in capitalistim. You don't have to like it. As a matter of fact I'd respect you more if you didn't. But it is nothing you will fix by trying to "convert" people to Lemmy like you are a Jehovah's Witness of discussion platforms.

Or maybe you are mad at spez. Good, he is an ass. Maybe other people will realize that and take it as a reason to use Reddit less or not at all. Maybe they won't. You don't exactly have agency when it comes to their decision.

So what exactly is it that is driving you? Do people have friends over there they want to bring over here? Do you miss the endless meme subs and can't survive without them?

I clearly don't get it and would very much appreciate some comments, so I might be able to understand your motivation better.

Mich würde interessieren, ob ihr euch ehrenamtlich engagiert und wie?

Es gibt ja gefühlt unendlich viele Möglichkeiten dazu, aber gerade bei jüngeren Leuten habe ich den Eindruck, dass die vor lauter Überlastung mit Ausbildung/Arbeit kaum noch Zeit finden etwas ehrenamtliches zu machen.

Ich selbst war immer mal wieder für gewisse Zeiten in meinem Leben ehrenamtlich aktiv und hoffe, dass ich das auch in Zukunft immer wieder sein kann.

I feel like a good chunk of multiplayer games these days are either extremely toxic by design or don't put a whole lot of emphasize on actually playing together.

It kinda feels like a lot of games more or less turn you into a less stupid bot for others to play with and there is not so much space for social interaction anymore.

Do you know any games that still invite you to get to know new people?

Was ist kaputt bei den Wählern in Sonneberg, dass sie freiwillig Nazis wählen?