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what forums are out there that people actually go to, besides Lemmy? (kbin.earth)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I see a lot of people saying online that "forums are dying off because of discord and reddit"

yet other people reply: "Well, I'm still using my forum/IRC."

So I have to ask, what forums that are decently big still exist? Only one I can think of is Nomutantsallowed for fallout related content.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

mumsnet. 10 million active users.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What is it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It's a place where you can ask questions that need an answer along the lines of "all men are bastards and need to be kicked to the curb immediately, can't ever change, and no woman has ever done anything wrong".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

TERF forum

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

pipeline to fascism

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

British forum for mums to share parenting tips. Different demographic to most other social media.