is there any chan/old forums do you like that aren't full of reactionaries?

2026-05-13 15:00 UTC

i love lemmy, don’t get me wrong, i’ve been here since almost the beginning and it’s possibly the best community in the internet for me. i know the people, we all more or less share the same ideas. etc. but lately ive just been really into old websites, where it was mostly static, squared, that kind of thing. i just love the imageboard/chan aesthetic, but not the people. ive been lurking a bit in lainchan (which is mostly okay for a chan and has a really nice vibe) and neocities lately. i’d love if lemmy had a ui which looks like a chan. do you browse any community that’s like 2000’s 2010’s internet era? neocities.org lainchan.org

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@hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2026-05-13 15:29

soylentnews is kinda active ive seen someone mention fark.com recently i’m sad there’s really few left…

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@anon5621@lemmy.ml 2026-05-13 15:56

4pda forum

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@eldavi@lemmy.ml 2026-05-13 18:50

neocities.org the old aesthetics here never fail to put a smile on my face. for a moment it makes me feel like it’s the 90’s and i’m reading nonsensical trek fan fiction again.

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@comfy@lemmy.ml 2026-05-13 22:54

chans Plenty of smaller, interests specific ones. Some even ban frogposters on sight or only allow politics in a containment thread. I think /comfy/ board is still alive somewhere. There are also a few larger openly-left ones, like the infamous /leftypol/ (split into leftypol.org and leftychan.net, each with their own pros and cons) and GETchan (famously upload some great music compilations). I was about to suggest lainchan but you already have. Nukechan is probably too slow but has some high-quality threads. The chan format (not merely the minimal aesthetic of English language chans) has a big impact on their culture. I don’t really believe in just putting a Yotsuba B skin over Lemmy. There are federated imageboards (I don’t believe it’s fediverse) but moderation is probably a nightmare.

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@IWW4@lemmy.zip 2026-05-13 15:11

Aww no... Pretty much everywhere I spent time on/at back then is gone.

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@comfy@lemmy.ml 2026-05-13 22:59

* You could also use something like Tampermonkey (?) to make your own minimal CSS style for Lemmy, making it minimal, lean and blocky for you.

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