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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by pixelgeek on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:41AM (#28594305)
This was my immediate response. The number of forums available has plummeted. And as @maskros says, they are all in private Facebook groups now. Private because no-one wants their personal life trickling into their Facebook feed in case someone from work sees it.
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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by wyclif on Monday September 20, 2021 @09:06PM (#28600980)
On Facebook, you don't need to use a private group for privacy. You set up a different audience group that isn't public and change the audience to one that is non-public.
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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by pixelgeek on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @11:32AM (#28617515)
That may be true but if you moderate a group you get requests from people to make it private who either don't know this or don't know the difference.

Or don't trust Facebook to just change the way 'privacy' works

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