#onlinediscussion — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #onlinediscussion, aggregated by home.social.
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KitGuru: Forza Forums celebrates its 20th anniversary by shutting down the site. “While a disappointing conclusion, what is perhaps even more unfortunate is the fact that ‘we do not plan to archive or replace the Forums in their current form’ – meaning 20 years of fan discourse will be wiped from the internet.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/kitguru-forza-forums-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary-by-shutting-down-the-site/ -
KitGuru: Forza Forums celebrates its 20th anniversary by shutting down the site. “While a disappointing conclusion, what is perhaps even more unfortunate is the fact that ‘we do not plan to archive or replace the Forums in their current form’ – meaning 20 years of fan discourse will be wiped from the internet.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/kitguru-forza-forums-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary-by-shutting-down-the-site/ -
KitGuru: Forza Forums celebrates its 20th anniversary by shutting down the site. “While a disappointing conclusion, what is perhaps even more unfortunate is the fact that ‘we do not plan to archive or replace the Forums in their current form’ – meaning 20 years of fan discourse will be wiped from the internet.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/kitguru-forza-forums-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary-by-shutting-down-the-site/ -
KitGuru: Forza Forums celebrates its 20th anniversary by shutting down the site. “While a disappointing conclusion, what is perhaps even more unfortunate is the fact that ‘we do not plan to archive or replace the Forums in their current form’ – meaning 20 years of fan discourse will be wiped from the internet.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/kitguru-forza-forums-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary-by-shutting-down-the-site/ -
KitGuru: Forza Forums celebrates its 20th anniversary by shutting down the site. “While a disappointing conclusion, what is perhaps even more unfortunate is the fact that ‘we do not plan to archive or replace the Forums in their current form’ – meaning 20 years of fan discourse will be wiped from the internet.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/kitguru-forza-forums-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary-by-shutting-down-the-site/ -
Mashable: What is Thundr? Omegle’s replacement, warts and all.. “Thundr is a random video and text chat service that’s emulating Omegle the most in 2026. Think of it as Omegle with actual guardrails, offering far more ways to get your exact match through tags, country selection, and AI moderation.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/29/mashable-what-is-thundr-omegles-replacement-warts-and-all/ -
Fast Company: Shuttered startups are selling old Slack chats and emails to AI companies. “According to a report by Forbes, defunct companies are selling their digital footprints to AI companies as training data—and making real money from it. Shanna Johnson, the CEO of now-defunct software company Cielo24, told the publication that she was able to sell every Slack message, internal email, and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/18/fast-company-shuttered-startups-are-selling-old-slack-chats-and-emails-to-ai-companies/ -
University of Exeter: Even when people’s opinions are hard to change, online comments can shape how political social media content is perceived, study shows. “The findings come from two large research projects involving more than 11,000 respondents across five European countries. Across both studies, researchers found that comments appearing underneath social media posts can influence how […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/university-of-exeter-even-when-peoples-opinions-are-hard-to-change-online-comments-can-shape-how-political-social-media-content-is-perceived-study-shows/ -
The internet is quietly becoming a walled garden.
I recently created a QQ account and made this single post in the Off-topic -> General board. To my surprise, I got banned a couple hours later for "Spam." My post wasn’t commercial or anything; it was just a genuine discussion.
You have been banned for the following reason: Spam. Please contact the administrator if this was done in error.
I’ve always thought spamming involved sending unsolicited messages to multiple users, not a single thread. Has anyone else experienced something similar? Is this a common issue on QQ, or did I just have bad luck?
On top of that, after posting this on r/Fanfiction, it was removed by the moderators because r/Fanfiction is not the place to discuss real-life drama. Now I'm starting to think it’s less about that particular site and more about the internet as a whole. The internet is quietly becoming a walled garden. It’s not just about one platform anymore—it’s the pattern. You get banned for a single, harmless post. A subreddit removes your thread because it’s “real-life drama.” Cumulatively, it creates an environment where you hesitate before posting anything that isn’t perfectly sanitized.
#walledgarden #censorship #socialmedia #freespeech #QQ #ban #spam #online-forums #community-guidelines #real-life-drama #internet-culture #Reddit #fanfiction #online-discussion -
The Conversation: Reddit and TikTok – with the help of AI – are reshaping how researchers understand substance use . “Today, millions of people openly discuss their experiences with drugs online, creating a vast collection of raw narratives about drug use. As a doctoral student in information science with a background in public health, I use this material to better understand how people who use […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/15/the-conversation-reddit-and-tiktok-with-the-help-of-ai-are-reshaping-how-researchers-understand-substance-use/ -
The Conversation: Reddit and TikTok – with the help of AI – are reshaping how researchers understand substance use . “Today, millions of people openly discuss their experiences with drugs online, creating a vast collection of raw narratives about drug use. As a doctoral student in information science with a background in public health, I use this material to better understand how people who use […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/15/the-conversation-reddit-and-tiktok-with-the-help-of-ai-are-reshaping-how-researchers-understand-substance-use/ -
The Conversation: Reddit and TikTok – with the help of AI – are reshaping how researchers understand substance use . “Today, millions of people openly discuss their experiences with drugs online, creating a vast collection of raw narratives about drug use. As a doctoral student in information science with a background in public health, I use this material to better understand how people who use […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/15/the-conversation-reddit-and-tiktok-with-the-help-of-ai-are-reshaping-how-researchers-understand-substance-use/ -
The Conversation: Reddit and TikTok – with the help of AI – are reshaping how researchers understand substance use . “Today, millions of people openly discuss their experiences with drugs online, creating a vast collection of raw narratives about drug use. As a doctoral student in information science with a background in public health, I use this material to better understand how people who use […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/15/the-conversation-reddit-and-tiktok-with-the-help-of-ai-are-reshaping-how-researchers-understand-substance-use/ -
The Conversation: Reddit and TikTok – with the help of AI – are reshaping how researchers understand substance use . “Today, millions of people openly discuss their experiences with drugs online, creating a vast collection of raw narratives about drug use. As a doctoral student in information science with a background in public health, I use this material to better understand how people who use […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/15/the-conversation-reddit-and-tiktok-with-the-help-of-ai-are-reshaping-how-researchers-understand-substance-use/ -
University of Texas at Dallas: Study: How Online Language Choices May Signal Self-Harm Risk. “Led by Dr. Ryan L. Boyd, assistant professor of psychology in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas, and Dr. Charlotte Entwistle of the University of Liverpool, the research demonstrates that online support community posts indicating decreased social […]
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University of Missouri: Study explores how Reddit is used to work through pre-wedding doubts. “A new study from researchers at the University of Missouri and University of New Hampshire shows that Reddit, a popular social media platform where users can post anonymously, is providing a natural sounding board for people to express their thoughts and concerns about getting married before […]
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National Library of Finland: Online discussions on forests preserved in the Finnish Web Archive. “For a long time, public discussion on forests has been marked by the issue of defining limits for the economic exploitation of Finnish forests. The National Library of Finland has preserved forest-focused discussions on the internet spanning several years.”