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Forums lifespans weren't all that much anyways.

Couldn't this be much different if "web 2.0" hadn't taken over?

Most sites that were hosted before 2010 are gone now.

Many of them are still alive but don't get the exposure they deserve because of centralized networks.

The real downside to everything being on StackOverflow, Reddit, Discord, etc is that it has made it easier for big tech to run their shady data collection and analysis schemes including AI Training.

Right. But what can we do to get people to switch to the Fediverse and put an end to this?

How about strengthening the Fediverse and Lemmy?

Let the internet burn in Reddit/Discord/SEO hell. Maybe we can build something from the ashes.

So basically, let the world burn? Because that's what it looks like we're heading toward right now because of big tech.

Maybe we can build something from the ashes.

The big question is whether it will be us who do that.

That's why we have to strengthen the fediverse!

They are both trash. How can we get more people to join Lemmy and the Fediverse?

Have you ever tried DuckDuckGo or Qwant? They have better results in my opinion, as long as you don't care about the business snippets.

How do we get them to switch to something like Element?

Is it? When was the last time you googled something and the first website that came up didn't spit out some SEO or garbage content?

None of the moneybags will listen, unfortunately. But I'm with you. The rollout of AI was extremely irresponsible. Just to make it profitable as quickly as possible.

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Where is thoughtbot?

For them Google is basically the internet.

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