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  • Dubious_Fart@lemmy.mlEnglish
    401·
    11 months ago

    I view forums as the middle era of the internet.

    Th early era was chatrooms, the middle era was forums, and the late era, which we are in now, is all social media.

    I miss the middle era of the internet. Forums were a blast. You could really build a community with those things.

        • Natanael@slrpnk.net
          4·
          11 months ago

          Depends on definitions.

          1978 for BBS vs either 1974 for the publication of TCP itself, or 1982/1983 for deployment of the same TCP/IP we use today, or 1976 for X.25, or 1977 for the first actual live interconnection of multiple packet switched networks.

          • Troy@lemmy.ca
            4·
            11 months ago

            Perhaps better phrased: BBS predate the web (http+html) and the modern internet. Gopher doesn’t count ;)

    • mycelia@lemmy.ml
      42·
      11 months ago

      Agree to all. How would you define the format of what you’re reading right now, some derivitive of a forum?

        • arglebargle@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          I gotta say no. This is more like a collection of forums. There really is no following, no social aspect other than discussing the topic at hand. I am not promoting myself, I prefer annonymity over identifying myself. I do not think this counts as social media at all.

          • Dubious_Fart@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago

            Disagree, politely… Not in the “OMG INTERNET DISAGREEMENT I HOPE YOUR MOTHER GETS FUCKED BY A HORSE!” way.

            Reddit/Lemmy/Etc are nothing more than slightly more elaborate twitter with better filtering/catagorization. Social media all the way down.

            But its its not a major issue, so its not like we need to invest time in a slapfight over whose wrong and whose right.

            • arglebargle@lemm.eeEnglish
              4·
              11 months ago

              Nice to know it is a pleasant disagreement. But seriously, this is not social media.

              • Posting other peoples content instead of their own

              • Anonymity over identifiable.

              • Its not better filtering, it is distinct categories and communities, just like forums.

              • Persistent over breaking news.

              • There are no (or few) personal updates or status reports.

              • There is little to no social networking which is the hallmark of social media, like twitter, Linked In, Facebook, etc.

              • Dubious_Fart@lemmy.mlEnglish
                31·
                11 months ago
                1. Yes, like people often do on social media.
                2. You didnt have to use your real name on social media until relatively recently, and depending on platform.
                3. Yes, Like I said, filters.
                4. Both are persistent, and both have breaking news
                5. People who want everyone to know their personal updates, post them everywhere.
                6. There is tons of social networking on sites like reddit, Lemmy probably less so. but only because its relatively recent in the zeitgeist.