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Re:Ask HN: Did forums solve what Discord and Reddit still do... by newaccountman2 on Thursday May 28, 2026 @09:55AM (#48309006)
I think you have identified a real problem, yes.
Re:Ask HN: Did forums solve what Discord and Reddit still do... by tolarianwiz on Thursday May 28, 2026 @09:59AM (#48309060)
Thanks. Have you seen any communities that are actively struggling with this right now?

I’m trying to understand whether this is just an abstract annoyance or whether there are actual communities looking for a better platform.

Re:Ask HN: Did forums solve what Discord and Reddit still do... by newaccountman2 on Thursday May 28, 2026 @12:20PM (#48311162)
If you hang out around various programming related ones, I think people are clued into it.

ReScript, Rust, Functional Programming Discords come to mind for me.

Re:Ask HN: Did forums solve what Discord and Reddit still do... by tolarianwiz on Thursday May 28, 2026 @01:07PM (#48312033)
Thanks, I’ll look into those cases. I think the hard part is that Discord solves presence, Reddit solves discovery, and forums solve memory/structure, but none of them combines all three very well. The question is whether the pain is strong enough to justify trying to build a new kind of platform that combines those three things gracefully.