<![CDATA[Why decentralization doesn't work for forums]]>https://citiverse.it/topic/7aba597a-c49c-450b-8325-c1d66f89a185/why-decentralization-doesn-t-work-for-forumsRSS for NodeWed, 11 Nov 2026 01:24:08 GMTSat, 31 Oct 2026 10:59:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:54:56 GMT]]>I'll be honest, I forget that NodeBB has become federated. Despite having run into an actual incompatibility problem between Piefed and NodeBB. 😅

::: spoiler Incompatibility details
So if you create a link post Piefed onto a NodeBB section, which looks like a community from my end, the link doesn't show up.
:::

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.social/comment/13545552https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.social/comment/13545552Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:54:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:04:42 GMT]]>I can't see the Linux memes from .ml

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://infosec.pub/comment/24427739https://citiverse.it/post/https://infosec.pub/comment/24427739Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:04:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 19:50:24 GMT]]>NodeBB I think counts more like a standard forum while still being federated?

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://thebrainbin.org/m/fediverse@lemmy.world/t/2013958/-/comment/13406813https://citiverse.it/post/https://thebrainbin.org/m/fediverse@lemmy.world/t/2013958/-/comment/13406813Sun, 01 Nov 2026 19:50:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:16:58 GMT]]>If you are in a regular forum you also don't get access to any of the lemmy communities, so what's your point?

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.ca/comment/6902254https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.ca/comment/6902254Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:16:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:15:55 GMT]]>Even that's not an option to get what he wants, as some instances automatically block yours if you don't block their enemies. I don't know if there's much of that on lemmy, but there's tons of it on Mastodon.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.ca/comment/6902242https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.ca/comment/6902242Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:15:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:24:25 GMT]]>

but tildes refusal to open sign up made me realize tildes basically serves as deimos's playground

I think that is not the reason. No mod logs, Chad as the sole admin and mod, and bans without reason.

If you delete Chad, make Tildes moderation open, and add actual moderation not banning because poor Chad got his feelings hurt you got a great app.

open sign up

It is pretty easy to get in, I think adopting Lobsters' user tree might be a better option though.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/26631810https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/26631810Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:24:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:19:34 GMT]]>Yes you are correct, but again this wasn't clear. defederation should mean what I thought it meant, that it breaks the network. My bad I guess.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/26631732https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/26631732Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:19:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:14:29 GMT]]>Okay, but it's not clear enough by what is meant by defederation. Apologies for being rude to you, that reaction was a misunderstanding on my part.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/26631652https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/26631652Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:14:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:33:49 GMT]]>They really have potential when reddit exodus began and i really don't mind tildes dont have image upload featured, but tildes refusal to open sign up made me realize tildes basically serves as deimos's playground

Such a shame they guy that making rif app wasting his time developed app for that turd

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.world/comment/7541475https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.world/comment/7541475Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:33:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:28:15 GMT]]>And besides, there are instances where they try to federate to as many instances as possible. Sure it takes time to find it but that's why there people out there recommending general instances to people looking to join the threadiverse. I join some of them and use the accounts there so that I can recommend them to people.

Doesn't matter for this while anyway. OP has been temp banned.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.zip/comment/7815714https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.zip/comment/7815714Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:28:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:01:24 GMT]]>Tildes has recently announced they will not add any more features nor actively seek new members and will simply die if that’s where it’s headed.

Chad is an odd dude.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/26627174https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/26627174Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:01:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:31:49 GMT]]>People should not expect a seamless experience across totallly different communities of people. Reddit is not a seamless experience. Rules and norms are different across subs.

The internet works better with fragmentation. It always has. Trying to treat everything as homogenous is stifling.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.ca/comment/6896127https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.ca/comment/6896127Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:31:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 02:54:19 GMT]]>Glances around

I mean, it's working just fine. 🤷‍♀️

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://feddit.online/comment/10125370https://citiverse.it/post/https://feddit.online/comment/10125370Sun, 01 Nov 2026 02:54:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:31:35 GMT]]>Idk about tildes, but discuit since beginning the founder himself always moving too slow, this is why i abandoned it early

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.world/comment/7534355https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.world/comment/7534355Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:31:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sat, 31 Oct 2026 20:30:24 GMT]]>Let's see. I'm afraid it would go the same way than Discuit and Tildes: there's motivation at first as the userbase grows, then after a while the motivation drops and the project gets stagnant.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.zip/comment/7809158https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.zip/comment/7809158Sat, 31 Oct 2026 20:30:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sat, 31 Oct 2026 19:48:21 GMT]]>Have (really) good app, have intuitive features, and everything is so polished as though it's been operating for years and founder still really active to develop compared to discuit

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.world/comment/7532785https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.world/comment/7532785Sat, 31 Oct 2026 19:48:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:01:49 GMT]]>I personally use Lemmy/Piefed/Mbin/etc. for social news rather than bolted on forum-like features. That's where I think this software shines.

If you want a decentralized forum, I'd seriously recommend you look at Usenet and NNTP. Then again, I promote the usage of network protocols for what they are good at over forcing everything through the web. 😂

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.social/comment/13532068https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.social/comment/13532068Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:01:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:57:03 GMT]]>Yep, they’re likely about the same size, when comparing apples to apples (DAU ≠ current users logged in).

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/28231729https://citiverse.it/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/28231729Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:57:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:36:11 GMT]]>It's important you also understand this: You will never, ever see all the content. What you are deciding is who and what determines which content you see.

Do you want Reddit deciding that for you based on their algorithm, moderation, and other policies like API access?

Or do you want to choose based on which threadiverse community aligns with your ideals (including the option to setup your own with full federation to everyone)?

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.social/comment/13531782https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.social/comment/13531782Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:36:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:23:01 GMT]]>I wouldn't worry too much about OP. They've also been banned in the meantime.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.zip/comment/7806894https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.zip/comment/7806894Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:23:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:21:19 GMT]]>It seems to have 1k subs on https://topicle.com/t/topicle/

Is there any benefit compared to something like https://discuit.org/ ?

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.zip/comment/7806870https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.zip/comment/7806870Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:21:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:18:03 GMT]]>I was talking mostly about generalist forums. Indeed topic-specific forums are still active, but that's not something OP's forum, Reddit or the Threadiverse tries to do.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.zip/comment/7806786https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.zip/comment/7806786Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:18:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:58:25 GMT]]>you think thats bad. did you non federated forums don't share or pick up content from other forums at all!!! Its like they are all super defederated!!!!

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.social/comment/13531365https://citiverse.it/post/https://piefed.social/comment/13531365Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:58:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why decentralization doesn't work for forums on Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:34:47 GMT]]>Hacker news, something awful, tons of special interest forums for things like cooking, cars, travel, etc. I’m sure there are many more that I’m not aware of.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/28230016https://citiverse.it/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/28230016Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:34:47 GMT