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Internet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. (www.xataka.com)
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[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Usenet

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 4 points 5 months ago

alt.atheism

[–] i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

what is that?

[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Not sure if serious. 😑

Anyway, before forums, there was a network of servers hosting discussions and to some extent file sharing.

The modern version of Usenet is pretty focused on file sharing and mostly so on paid servers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet#:~:text=Usenet%20is%20a%20set%20of,which%20is%20potentially%20widely%20distributed.