Hi everyone,
As we finish setting up this new forum, I wanted to share a bit about why we’re relaunching it.
As @Jbriones mentioned in one of his recent videos, with more and more established dumbphone products entering the market, 2025 appears to be a year of significant growth for the dumbphone community.
While a large portion of this growth will likely occur within the r/Dumbphone subreddit, we believe now is a good time to introduce another platform for several reasons.
Firstly, the subreddit has gradually shifted away from meaningful discussions, becoming more focused on EDC photos and flip-phone tech support.
While that content certainly has its place, and is enjoyed by many, there’s been a notable decrease in conversations with deeper value - such as intentional technology use, reasons why we’ve moved away from smartphones, and the benefits experienced as a result.
Furthermore, Reddit isn’t always the best platform for these types of conversations. Due to the algorithmic nature of the social media platform, meaningful posts often become buried quickly, while less substantive content, like EDC pictures and tech support queries, tends to dominate.
This new forum aims to be the platform better suited for the other group of people within the community. While only time will tell, it will ideally offer us a more focused and structured environment for intentional discussions, which will hopefully enable more meaningful discussion to take place, something which goes hand in hand with why a lot of us are here in the first place.
It’s still early days, and I’m sure many things will continue to change. If you have ideas of how the forum can be improved, please feel free to share them via Site Feedback or reply to this post directly.
Thanks,
James