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Are Internet boards and Forums dead (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by saltynuts420@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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i started using the internet in the late 2000's and still remember when you search for something most of the times it would return with a forum post ... now its just random websites ... if you ever need real and concise answer you have to add site:reddit.com at every search and since discord or twitter are not crawlable by these search crawlers they are not mentioned . Where did all those forums went...are there still active forums ?

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[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Isn’t lemmy basically that, but with modern technology? PHPBB was a nightmare for a sysadmin.

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What was/is wrong with PhpBB?

[–] odbol@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's right there in the name: PHP

Seriously though maintaining a PHP server is a security nightmare and you have to be constantly updating if you don't want to be hacked. Just not worth it when there's better options out there

[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The software was so bad that if you didn't keep up with emergency security fixes for even a week, the forum would instantly be taken over by someone. Being hacked was the natural state of that software.

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