Which forums did you use to frequent before joining Scribblehub?

[VanVeleca]

I still sometimes check out the MAL forums just to see reactions to shows of old and new, but back when I was a teen I used to frequent the Tapastic forums a lot (before they renamed the app/site to just Tapas). I think I got banned or something though because one day I just suddenly couldn't log in to the forums at all??? I then made a alt account to post there but forgot which email I used for that one I checked out the forum recently again and damn it's basically dead, nothing but promotion threads nowadays

 

[TheKillingAlice]

I still sometimes check out the MAL forums just to see reactions to shows of old and new, but back when I was a teen I used to frequent the Tapastic forums a lot (before they renamed the app/site to just Tapas). I think I got banned or something though because one day I just suddenly couldn't log in to the forums at all??? I then made a alt account to post there but forgot which email I used for that one I checked out the forum recently again and damn it's basically dead, nothing but promotion threads nowadays

I never really frequent any forums - outside of one belonging to a stupid browser game, which triggered me so much, I finally started writing at the age of 17 with a FanFiction, after telling myself that it wouldn't be worth starting for years. So, I stayed in that forum, for pure nostalgic reasons. But I won't say the name to keep some of my dignity.
I have been to those of Royal Road and Tapas a handful of times, but deemed it exhausting. It's all just promotion, so you can add something in any thread, which will likely be to promote your shit, but there will be no engagement; it will never actually spur a conversation (okay, that's a lie - it does happen, though hardly ever).

That's cause Tapas is really a place for novels to die old and alone and Royal Road is cut throat.

 

[AliceMoonvale]

None.
I don't even know why I'm here.

 

[TinaMigarlo]

I was originally on moonquill. I hadn't been in a chatroom in ages, and I imagined it would be, like, all authors and readers sitting around. readers talking about books they read or would read. writers sharing tips and tricks on writing. readers and writers engaging with one another. writers seeking input and feedback from the readers, the readers getting to interact with the writers.

well, that's what I imagined. i guess a sort of hallmark greeting card sort of a thing.

and, when I got on their discord...
a bunch are on it. you can't find anyone.
everyone is playing some stupid goblin game.
not one person is talking about reading, not one person is talking about writing.
you start clicking on people, to ask where to go...
three, five days later you get a surprise email cause you clicked.
which still tells you nothing.

the big "writing contest" was I think you make a long epic poem about... you guessed it... goblin shit.

this place is more what I had in mind, to be honest about it.

 

[letmego]

MAL, the vestibule IGN

I used to access a forum in my country. it was a relatively large forum. every minute there were new topics. it was a global, casual, shitpost session. It was addictive because you press F5 and there are new topics all the time. This forum no longer exists and when it was deactivated it became news on the internet. it was a legendary forum from the 2000s. I joined this one because I think this could be like this old forum that I used to access. MAL fails by not having topics all the time and lots of stupid rules. I would love to know a forum like the one I mentioned. It was a forum that still lived as if it were the beginning of the 2000s. If I had the money, I would make a forum inspired by the 2000s. I've already tried to find a forum like the one I mentioned, but other forums can't have as many daily active members every 1 minute. a shame. it was a session where you could talk about anything. So there were several people talking about multiple things at the same time. it was like walking into a bar and listening to endless conversations nonstop.