• CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Reddit does shitty stuff, but at least I’m able to find stuff on there. Why Discord took off as a medium to replace forums is beyond me. It’s not easily searchable, and search engines can’t index it. If people aren’t fastidious about replying to messages they’re responding to, it’s just a nonsense stream of consciousness from dozens of people.

    That being said, I hate the formatting of most forums. Reddit and Lemmy’s comment nesting is excellent. It’s very easy to follow conversations.

  • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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    10 months ago

    I wish there were alternatives to Reddit. If anyone has a recommendation, let me know.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I don’t understand why discord is so popular for communities. There is 0 permanence, and google does not index it so not even organic growth.

    Discord is a black hole of knowledge except for the ai training companies.

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      10 months ago

      You can also request all of your posts on Reddit in a neat little csv. Takes about a month to get though.

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        10 months ago

        And then you can go through and delete all your comments, lessening the value of Reddit as a platform.