Are you still part of a classic message board? If so what is it?
TVTome was my very first. Such a fun site. Basically a proto-wikia from the early 2000s. You managed a page for individual TV shows and filled it with info, and every show had it’s own forum attached, that you moderated.
https://web.archive.org/web/20040727075622/http://www.tvtome.com/ (19 years and 3 days ago)
And then, as a sign of things to come over the next 20 years, the onwer of that site sold it off, along with all the community created works, and the community forums that went with them, to some trash company whose name I can’t even remember anymore, and it doesn’t matter because they probably got bought at some point too.
TVTome became TV.com, over the massive protests of its community. And it went to shit immediately.
Now tv.com is…shit, it isn’t even around anymore? Wikipedia and Wikia destroyed that niche, and then Fandom enshitifed Wikia.
I miss TVTome!!
Btw in case anyone wants to smile, Newgrounds.com is still kicking. Same owner, same purpose, still no ads.
It’s kind of beautiful. I feel the need to protect it in this current internet hellscape. Like some rare specimen of near extinct species, this one must survive
Wow! That’s a beautiful butterfly in today’s internet. Thanks for letting me know, time to kill an afternoon.
Does gearspace count?
I understand why it had to happen, but I miss seeing the old name everywhere ☹️
Yeah I was going to use the old name but didn’t want to appear to be taking a political stance ha. It just feels weird still.
The Eurogamer forum was my place in the early noughties. The forum was suddenly shut down in late 2021, removing about 20 years of discussions.
sciencemadness.org is a fantastic resource for home chemistry. I love that necroing is encouraged, and never understood why so many other forums forbid it.
I can see rules against necroing being needed for some communities.
For example, a guide written at the release of an MMO would be pretty useless when you have games like Everquest running for 25+ years.
Telling some to “just camp” an item (for example, the Circlet of Shadows) is useless because the version they’re talking about no longer drops. The info is no longer valid, because the pre-nerf version was super useful, the current version has some use at super low levels (too low to solo camp the item) but with the way the game has grown and expanded, its not even necessary. You can unlock an ability that does the same, eventually.
Bumping that post would at best be a massive waste of time or currency to acquire.
back in like 2010 - 2014 the steam forums used to be a goldmine, specifically the “off topic” section. You had people asking random-ass questions i.e. asklemmy, people playing forum games, chatting about current events, etc. It was always super active and you’d usually get dozens of posts at any given hour. I remember commenting enough times that I got added to the “off topic regulars” steam group which was comprised of a whole load of people that I still chat with to this day
What changed? I’ve always seen them as a cesspit but even from a distance I can tell they’ve gotten lots worse lately; been using since 2009 or so.
I think people who just contributed regularly and made good posts left for more well-run and well-organized sites. Lots moved off to discord where they could chat faster and more regularly. After that you were left over with what the forums were designed for: people who asked questions about specific games and software, rather than people contributing to a community.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/B9q2jNjOPdk
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Anyone out there remember the Megadeth forums back in the mid 2000s? I met a lot of amazing people through that site.
I’m on a very active PHPBB forum for 2 stroke motorcycle enthusiasts, mainly RD350LCs. The amount of collective knowledge is insane. Between the members, they know EVERYTHING.
Badger and Blade
I miss silverfishlongboarding.com
www.homebrewtalk.com for beer, wine, and mead brewing. Great source for recipes tips and techniques. Everyone is relaxed and friendly.
I loved the gulli.com forum back in the day lol.
advrider.com for off-road/dual-sport motorcycling
