Forums as an alternative for social media and discord.

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Every schmuck in the world gets on social media sites and just shares the same bland memes over and over.

It's mentally tiring...

 

[shadowcat]

As the title says, i'm curious to see what you people think of the difference between the two and also ask why you people are drawn to a place like this.

I've been taking myself off of social media as of late for self improvement and have found that i typically have a better out look on things ever since, while social media is convenient, it's often a political nightmare and an addiction center for doom scrolling.

I feel forums are a lot more laid back and actually focused on realistic topics, it really makes you realize that social media is smaller then you think, and what you see really is curated to just get engagement unlike in forums, where its just real people talking with real people.

I deleted Facebook in 2013, I saw the writing on the wall of what it would become. Never used any other social media, and don't like Discord or Reddit at all. I grew up with forums and that's what I will use. You generally find better quality discussion and people who are more engaged on them, due to them having a much more narrow scope of topic than social media at large.

 

[MegaDrive1987]

I deleted Facebook in 2013, I saw the writing on the wall of what it would become. Never used any other social media, and don't like Discord or Reddit at all. I grew up with forums and that's what I will use. You generally find better quality discussion and people who are more engaged on them, due to them having a much more narrow scope of topic than social media at large.

I deleted it around 2019 and it's the best thing I ever did, I deleted Instagram a few months ago too as I didn't use it plus I don't trust META. I only come on here now and occasionally go on the QuakeNet IRC server in the #england channel but apart from that I don't go on anything else.

 

[DjQuick2008]

I use mewe to look at photographs of stuff its definitely more cultured and feels like adults are posting as opposed to people getting political like the karens on fb. Never had 1 argument on there yet. I do a bit of photography myself when i travel ive posted my stuff there and gets a good reaction.