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[–] vividspecter 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was just thinking that common forum software implementing ActivityPub would be a great way to link all of these disparate web forums that are still active and have useful content.

[–] artraveler2213 3 points 1 year ago

You kind of can with wordpress and the AP plugin. it works with bbpress --maybe not perfectly yet, but it's a start.

[–] possiblylinux127 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They honestly should use a modified version of lemmy

[–] Smokeless7048 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is a forum Is genuinely different than a Reddit/Lemmy board, where each forum thread can remain indefinitely alive and useful, while a reddy/Lemmy post is designed to decay with time.

It would have to be heavily modified

[–] dustojnikhummer 1 points 1 year ago

This is why both make sense. Reddit threads for quick questions, and they also appear in Google results much more than forum posts.