what forums are out there that people actually go to, besides Lemmy?

[kratoz29@lemm.ee]

TBH it’s pretty barren. I noticed that even comment sections are drying up.

You mean across many websites don't you?

I definitely see a lot of websites with a comment box that it is just a wasteland lol.

I am sometimes like, jeez why even bother to include a comment box

[ephera@lemmy.ml]

Larger open-source projects tend to have forums. Here's a few off the top of my head:

• https://forum.luanti.org/
• https://tavern.dcss.io/
• https://users.rust-lang.org/ (and https://internals.rust-lang.org/ )
• https://forums.opensuse.org/

[kratoz29@lemm.ee]

I only have a Spanish one in my sight (it is like a reborn, I haven't even signed in yet, I had an account for the previous website) called foros dz.

I also have some other Spanish forums bookmarked, gaming related but I think they are just dead.

[jaygray91@lemmy.zip]

If you're into headphones and related encoutrement, head-fi.org is still thriving.

[Guest]

Blenderartists.org for blender news, learning, and sharing of addons and stuff

[Guest]

I hope Newgrounds implements activity pub

[fckreddit@lemmy.ml]

I go to mentalhealthforum.net

[Guest]

A1k.org for all things regarding Amiga Computers

[hanrahan@slrpnk.net]

https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/

[xaphanos@lemmy.world]

https://www.cloudynights.com/

[chaoticnumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

https://forum.level1techs.com/

[Guest]

knockout.chat/

[uxellodunum@lemmy.ml]

There are some good Matrix community, on matrix.org as well as individually run homeservers (federated).

[uuldika@lemmy.ml]

is there a matrix client for Android? last I checked there was like, one, and it wasn't very good. whereas there's like 14 different Lemmy apps, many of which are fabulous.

[kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com]

FluffyChat is pretty good these days https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/

[mx_smith@lemmy.world]

People still post to lobsters

[Guest]

Not many though. On the FrontPage, the only post that has Kore than a few comments has 70, which is not many, by today's standards.

[zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

The only two that I ever still make use of are XDA for custom firmwares and other Android related shit. And Pokecommunity for the ROM hacking / decompilation stuff.

[trk@aussie.zone]

I love how Whirlpool has stuck to it's guns with regards to staying text only.

It survived a world of phpbb, avatars, and animated GIFS and is now surviving a world of social media and "engagement". It's like Usenet with moderation and no binaries.

Helps that it's fast as blazes too.

[Guest]

Incredible