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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Tildes (a closed garden Reddit alternative) frequently love to reminisce about the days of small forum communities. Maybe we need to bring them back.

[–] bjvanst@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

what does closed garden mean in this context? as in contrast to the fediverse?

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

They still exist. I’m active in one, love it.

I sometimes fantasise about a lemmy like decentralised protocol that works for old school forums.

[–] Obelix@feddit.org 4 points 7 hours ago

NodeBB has added ActivityPub federation today. So that should work