Meta deliberately provokes that kind of stuff since rage baiting is good for engagement. They’ve cultivated and minmaxed that kind of behaviour for years. I’m sure it exists in small pockets here already, but nowhere near the same level.

Do you honestly think only the positive, friendly people would hop over? The entire fediverse will be overrun by crazy political conspiracy theories and hostile homophobic/transphobic/anti abortion stuff in no time.

It still feels weird to class the 360 era as retro, even though the launch is approaching 20 years ago. I’d say anything PS2/GC and earlier.

Thanks for all the recommendations. It’s always nice to have new stuff to watch.

A lot of communities these days have moved over to Discord too, meaning information isn’t archived or easy to access months/years later. There have been cases of accounts being compromised or rogue mods causing trouble, and in a few seconds a server’s chat history and all associated info/guides/artwork etc are lost in seconds. I’d love to see a return to forums.

IMO it doesn’t need to replace Reddit for everyone or grow to be a direct competitor. As long as there are enough users to keep communities active and discussions going, it’s a nice alternative for people who want to get away from Reddit or other social media sites. I like that threads are active for longer than a few hours before dropping off, and since posts are slower I don’t find myself mindlessly scrolling. Lemmy feels more like a mid 2000s forum but with better usability.