Asked this on another post as well, but is there something similar to phpBB, but using the Reddit/HN “tree” style for comments? I miss some of the old forums I used to be part of, but do think the tree style definitely has it’s advantages.
Except Lemmy also adds in the Fediverse stuff, so there's a bit of drama with Beehaw.org and whatever. But as far as Hacker News types go, you probably should just sign up at programming.dev and have fun. (Programming.dev is its own Lemmy).
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"Lemmy" is roughly the threaded-chat style PhpBB-like web-app where you can create your own users and create your own subreddits (now called communities), and talk with everyone.
The Fediverse part comes in because programming.dev talks to beehaw.org, and both sides can crosspost, cross-comment, and seemlessly communicate with each other. But Beehaw.org is scared of new-users (such as those from Lemmy.world), and has cut off Lemmy.world visitors from their site.
So there's a bit of drama to resolve in the "greater Fediverse". But as far as "unique new instance", programming.dev is probably what you want.
If this whole federation / sharing of posts / sharing of communities works out, great. If not, programming.dev can sit by itself in a silo like the old phpbb forums.
nosecreek|2 years ago
dragontamer|2 years ago
Except Lemmy also adds in the Fediverse stuff, so there's a bit of drama with Beehaw.org and whatever. But as far as Hacker News types go, you probably should just sign up at programming.dev and have fun. (Programming.dev is its own Lemmy).
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"Lemmy" is roughly the threaded-chat style PhpBB-like web-app where you can create your own users and create your own subreddits (now called communities), and talk with everyone.
The Fediverse part comes in because programming.dev talks to beehaw.org, and both sides can crosspost, cross-comment, and seemlessly communicate with each other. But Beehaw.org is scared of new-users (such as those from Lemmy.world), and has cut off Lemmy.world visitors from their site.
So there's a bit of drama to resolve in the "greater Fediverse". But as far as "unique new instance", programming.dev is probably what you want.
If this whole federation / sharing of posts / sharing of communities works out, great. If not, programming.dev can sit by itself in a silo like the old phpbb forums.