Yep. Grabbed mine a few years ago because of the writing on the wall. I’ll treat it like those old school hardback encyclopedias.

I find it also helps the cost is the same as old Nitro was which is pretty affordable IMO.

You’re not wrong, but I agree with the person above you. I have an RSS feed but whenever something really stirs my interest I generally want to share it with someone and get their takes on it. Genuine discussion, even if it’s vanishingly rare, is still something I crave.

Agree headline is misleading. “Walking Back” implies reversing course, that is not happening.

Plus we all know how great AI age verification is. Big empty “reassurance” there.

The irony of people arguing with OP.

They do have those things from what I can tell.

One of my friends’ husbands brought it up, so good old word of mouth.

I did notice I wasn’t able to get logged in last night, though the night before I was able to make an account without issue. I wonder if they got a hug of death like Stoat did.

https://github.com/stoatchat/self-hosted

Apparently collapse is profitable

I got the self hosted version up and it looks like it’s a much older version than their current iteration which was a kick in the teeth. Nothing discouraging quite like “Well you can self host if you don’t mind a worse version of the product”. Like my dudes I’m trying to take some pressure off of your server…

I like Cinny

Fluxer apparently has that on their roadmap. https://blog.fluxer.app/roadmap-2026/

As part of #3, I’d also like to add the ability to publish forums to the open web. That way, people can discover, archive, and access discussions without logging in.

Apparently the image itself is AI generated which is kind of an ironic twist

I didn’t even notice that, lmfao good catch

And an AI summary

Pretty sure it depends on the server and the community mods.

Given how many scams have surged in recent years, I kind of agree with that parody statement.

Roomy says they plan to integrate federation in the future, though it doesn’t have it now.

https://itsfoss.com/roomy-discord-alternative/

I’m particularly thinking about the development history of Duke Nukem Forever…

I’ll bite. I could have seen myself doing something like this before I was put on anti-anxiety and anti-depression medication. The reasoning was I would have invented some kind story in my head that ACTUALLY my husband is going on this trip because he HATES ME. Or maybe he’s cheating. Or or or or- and it would have spiraled out from there until I was in tears. It sucked, and I am still sometimes kind of shocked I survived long enough to get treatment.

Not saying that’s what happened here of course, but I could empathize.