Looking through these posts, I’m starting to think we’d all be better off just heading back to
newsgroups. You don't have to deal with all this embedding nonsense; you just get clean links and everything runs lightning fast 🙄
It’s just an obvious fact at this point—multimedia has been baked into basically every discussion on every platform for ages. Whether it's messaging apps, social media, or even—heaven forbid—forums! It adds value that you can't even put a number on because it’s become such a standard part of how we talk to each other. It's just expected now.
If we’ve actually reached a point in 2024 where we’re avoiding external links because they cause
such a massive load on the forum, then honestly, we might as well just set the whole thing on fire, toss it in the trash, and start over from scratch properly.
They’ve nerfed the search function too, cutting it down from 250 results to just 50 as some kind of "emergency measure." Meanwhile, the forum itself crashes constantly with a ridiculous variety of errors, and these "fixes" they roll out are like painting over a tunnel wall instead of actually fixing the structure. It’s not enough to just throw a cone out and leave the road full of potholes; you actually have to repair the damn thing sometimes. That goes for this forum too 🐔
