Coming from Mastodon? Check in here.
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You may have noticed that this is a forum. A bulletin board, a community discussion space. It's a little, or a lot, different from Mastodon, which aims to be a window to a global public square.
Forums are a little more insular, and more topic-focused, but this forum also connects with the fediverse, meaning your existing connections can still be rebuilt, and discussions you post here can be viewed on Mastodon, Pixelfed, Lemmy, etc.
NodeBB allows for long-form clinical and scientific debates that remain searchable and organized over time, unlike the "stream of consciousness"-style firehose of content. It seems like sometimes you might be shouting in the wind on microblogs, but on forums, your content stays relevant far longer, and is automatically brought back to the top when re-engaged with.
All that said, it is a little jarring to come from Mastodon... after all, where'd the feed go?
Categories!
Discussions here are categorized, and you can see the main category list by clicking on the "list" icon in the sidebar. We don't have too many categories at the moment, but as discussions naturally evolve, additional categories will be added to better organize topics.
The "world" page
This forum is connected to the fediverse, which means that you'll be able to see all of the content from there as well. As people here follow other people, this forum will be exposed to more content. You can see a stream of this content in the "world" page, accessible via the globe icon
in the sidebar.
