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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Forums are a better technology but come with hosting costs

[–] ChallengeApathy@infosec.pub 6 points 2 years ago

The dumb part about that, though, is that it's considerably easy to spin up a forum with a free forum host and you get significantly more control and customization than what Discord gives.

[–] guts@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Discourse is a forum platform and now has a similar layout like Discord.

[–] mellowheat@suppo.fi -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When things seem free, you're not the customer.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No

When profit is the motive you are not the customer, the shareholders are