From the first moment I first went online in 1996, forums were the main place to hang out. In fact the very first thing I did was join an online forum run by the Greek magazine "PC Master" so I could directly to my favourite game reviewers (for me it was Tsourinakis, for those old [...]
  • @Croquette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6•18 hours ago

    Discord, at one point, was better than a lot of other app on the market, and they were one of the first where you could just create an account and join any group, for free.

    It became the standard, and now we’re stuck with that shit

    • KillingTimeItselfEnglish
      4•18 hours ago

      eventually people are going to have to wisen up to the VC funding strategy. It’s not going to last forever, i hope.

      • @Croquette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1•6 hours ago

        In an ideal world yes, but we’ve learned nothing from the Dotcom bubble, or the 2008 housing bubble.

        If there is money to be made, history will repeat itself.

      • @lambaliciousEnglish
        1•6 hours ago

        Don’t hold your breath on the whole “wisening up to the VC funding” thing. People today still believe the moon landing was somehow faked to own the libs or something silly like that.