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Jellyfin, we are moving away from Reddit and we are pleased to announce our new forum! (jellyfin.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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official twitter announcement https://twitter.com/jellyfin/status/1670589982665322496

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I'm sure Jellyfin considered the Fediverse but some projects like the idea of having more control of the community discussions they participate in so having a forum makes sense. I still think a Jellyfin community on Lemmy can thrive with an official forum in place.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This is probably true. Forum software is a lot more mature then Lemmy etc and probably a better overall option currently for a project like Jellyfin to operate. They just want something that works.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

True but the downside is exposure and footfall. Subreddits work well as people can dip into them easily from elsewhere in Reddit, both new users and regular contributors can keep an eye from their feeds.

A forum is on it's own and only people out looking specifically for the forum or who know about Jellyfin will go looking for it, and it won't pop up in people's feeds. The Internet used to be littered with forums, but social media is the very reason they fell out of fashion.

But users have also created a Jellyfin community on Lemmy: [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@BananaTrifleViolin @Hellebert @c1b0 @Nullify9964 maybe ActivityPub plugins will come out for forums? Would be cool to be able to follow and comment on forums around the internet.