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 [...]

A bit of an effortpost :)

Please do crosspost in more fitting communities if you think of any

  • SupraMario@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 month ago

    Look at xda and then reask that question. Subforums exist because some topics still fall under the same forum. Like android roms is a sub forum in xda, so its rooting phones. All the same umbrella but has different subforums.

    This seems to be an issue with those who never used forums or grew up with them. They just want rolling topics over and over.

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      2·
      1 month ago

      There’s no reason for subforums even in that case. You can easily have multiple communities the same way XDA has.

      • SupraMario@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 month ago

        Which is a nightmare for searching and knowing where to post. Forums are still one of the best mediums for topics with multiple Branches

        • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
          2·
          1 month ago

          Not really. Just some links in the sidebar would serve the same purpose as the list of subforumsl

          • SupraMario@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 month ago

            Mobile wise it doesn’t. And as I’ve said already, forums are designed for prolonged discussion. These scroller style mediums are good for short timeframe discussions.