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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by endgame on Thursday November 19, 2020 @07:33PM (#25156123)
This exact problem also affects Discord/Slack "communities": You have to find them, get an invite, maybe the conversation is viewable in the free tier's limited scrollback, but in any case they're never going to be searchable and useful over the long term.
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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by duskwuff on Friday November 20, 2020 @12:03AM (#25157454)
Discord's scrollback is -- as far as I can tell -- unlimited. One server I'm in has over 20M messages, and (after some clicking) I'm able to scroll all the way back to the first messages posted over four years ago.

You're absolutely right that discoverability for older messages is poor, though.

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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by brational on Thursday November 19, 2020 @09:53PM (#25156928)
ive seen those referenced more as the modern internet version of “the bar”. you pop in, engage in the current conversation in your desired channel, then good luck finding much in history.
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