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Internet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. (www.xataka.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I’m kinda split on it tbh.

On one hand, we have a literal ip spacing crisis - mainly because there’s bajillions of arguably repetitive content among other non scrupulous stuff.

On the other hand, having a niche community has its pros.

Totally agree with your analogy of Walmart though - but then there’s also things like FediNet which basically let people use a standard framework to hve their niches.

It’ll be interesting to see what the future brings

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

The IP space consideration is nonsense. You can put many small sites behind a single IP. Bigger sites end up needing tons of their own+cdns, etc.

That and IPv6 is a thing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

On one hand, we have a literal ip spacing crisis

I've been hearing about the IPv4 shortage for ages... hasn't happened yet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And IPv6 exists. If even a portion of large orgs switch to IPv6 for their internet exposed interfaces, the "problem" goes away.

(I've been hearing about the shortage since 1995...and it hasn't happened. Large orgs will always find a way to resolve issues like this that affect them).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

No, it's happened. You basically can't buy IPv4 addresses any more. Want to start up a hosting company or ISP? Better hope you know someone willing to sell, or you're going to be paying through the nose to a broker.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

AWS lightsail just increased prices for ipv4 instances, while ipv6 only is the old price

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Gamblers fallacy exists, but yes ipv6 exists. Now getting archaic systems to use ipv6…