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Does BioWare now regret erasing their community forums? (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 year ago by nova_ayashi@reddthat.com to c/gaming

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Back in the good old days of gaming of 2011, back when BioWare was blowing people's minds with the Mass Effect trilogy, they had community forums. A place where fans of Dragon Age and Mass Effect could gather and speculate about what happens next. Or, pester the developers for whatever romance they believed should be in the next game.

And then, after the release of Mass Effect 3, they promptly erased their forums and moved all discussions to Twitter. This effectively silenced many discussions, because by nature, Twitter is an algorithmic beast that prioritizes only certain things.

With the collapse of web2, Twitter especially, I wonder if they might bring those forums back.

BioWare, if you're reading this, bring back the forums!

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[–] thingsiplay 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If they are dumb, they bring the forums back in form of Subreddits. If they are smart, they bring them back in the Fediverse. Using Twitter as a discussion platform is a dumb idea. The most likely thing that would probably happen is, they bring discussions to Discord...

Oh boy, the odds are not good. Too many shiny alternatives to fail and only one way to make it right.

[–] alehel 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just want a phpBB forum ☹️. So tired of services like discord being used as a "forum".

[–] Ignacio 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Remember that this exists.

[–] nlm 2 points 1 year ago

That really does give some warm fuzzy vibes.

[–] alehel 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, that's nice! I miss the simpler times of phpBB forums. I always thought conversations were much easier to follow in that from.

[–] TheElectroness 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ugh, never liked phpBB, vBulletin or Invision were always far better. Of course, tapatalk managed to ruin them all with their invasive integration that foolish board owners insisted on accepting.

[–] alehel 1 points 1 year ago

The forums I frequented were mostly based on phpBB. I remember the vBulletin name, but can't say I remember Invision. There were so many great forums out there back in the day. Sad to see most of them seem to be gone now. Although I like services like Lemmy, things just seemed easier back then. Maybe I'm romanticizing the "old" days😅