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There are still pockets of resistance, specific forums that do not go away. The traffic have dwindled on some but still, there's enough. Others are thriving.
by chx 11y ago
There are still pockets of resistance, specific forums that do not go away. The traffic have dwindled on some but still, there's enough. Others are thriving.
- electricEmu 11y agoWhere would someone find these pockets? I've felt a real lack of pulse since reader went away and the IRC channels I used to frequent sputtered out.
- chx 11y agoAs I said: forums. For example, if you travel a lot, flyertalk. There are several forums still alive for PC enthusiasts especially if you are building small factor machines or insane gaming rigs: hardforum, overclock.net etc.
- AznHisoka 11y agoHealthboards and other health related forums. Nobody likes to discuss their health issues on Facebook or Twitter. same goes with relationships and mommy related forums.
- Supi-lee 11y agoNot true. I have seen family members going through health issues make very strong, supporting friendships on private facebook groups dedicated to health stuff.
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- marchenko 11y agoThis might be a use case for Slack
- api 11y agoSame is true with music. There's a whole world of amazing music out there that never gets a second of radio play or mainstream exposure. Occasionally it shows up in movie and TV scores but that's as close as it gets. Same goes for art, literature, etc. The great and ground breaking stuff is out there but you have to look for it. There is and probably always will be a pop "matrix" and a "Zion" known to those who stray.
- fapjacks 11y agoThis I have always not understood. There is some amazing stuff out there. Even music from genres I hate that sounds amazing when I listen to it, so you know it has to just be incredible. But that kind of thing is not what the establishment in <art, music, literature, whatever> are pushing.
- Godel_unicode 11y agoConfirmation bias. Or are you really saying that there's no pop music you think is good?
- cJ0th 11y agoWell, that's exactly the problem: it is all "good" these days. However, the ability to rate something as good implies that we talk about something we know how to rate and this is the case because the sample size of "good" songs is so incredibly huge by now. In fact, the market is totally saturated with "good" music but nothing has come to replace it yet. Just look at yesterday's Eurovision Song Contest: The songs were rather generic but they were all "good". When OP talks about amazing stuff I think what s/he gets at is that there is music out there which literally causes amazement instead of a "yeah, this is good" nod. Current pop music isn't meant to amaze you. If anything it serves as a utility. I.e. it makes unfortunate situations, like a long commute to your dead end job, more bearable.
- tommyman 11y agogood but no character. They are good in the sense that vocalists hit the notes they aim for (with or without autotuners), they are good in the sense that they have good harmonics, good rhythm etc. They just lack any kind of character. cookie-cutter songs from talented but unimaginative people. Their music lacks 'life'. I can't explain why but a good blues guitarist can strike a nerve just playing relatively simple licks if they do it well. It conveys a feeling that makes modern pop sound bland, lifeless, boring. There is no connection to the musician or the music. no soul. All said though music is a very much personal taste thing so each to their own. Today you will have 'I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie woo-oorld' stuck in your head. You're welcome :)
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoNiche forums have a been a major holdout for a long while, but even those are fading as profit-focused megaforums like Reddit take over the space and draw off potential new users. There's nothing that the commercial web won't suck dry if it can.
- PhasmaFelis 11y ago(Of course, we're supposed to call this "disruption" and celebrate it.)
- fucking_tragedy 11y agoThe slow decline of niche forums to Redditized discussion forums has been painful. Reddit's format, culture and user base has been anathema to the principles that made older forums treasure troves of information and entertainment.
- bordercases 11y agoIf we know the platforms they're running on then they could be detectable with deep-linked information via some Shodan equivalent, perhaps.
- gambler 11y agoChat rooms, forums, comment sections of smaller, targeted, online magazines. I miss a lot of those. Centralized platforms pretend to replace and "improve" those technologies, but the end results are fake on many levels and ripe with problems that just weren't there before. Indeed, many forums are still there, and they're living proof that what I feel isn't just nostalgia. For me, they're the only only online places that still feel like... well, places. With certain space and boundaries. With people having conversations. You can get to know people on a forum. Can't imagine that happening on Reddit, especially on more popular subs. - I think that a large part of it is UI. "Social" media has marketing-driven UI, which might look cool, but encourages bad behaviors from users. Just look at YouTube comments. Do you think they would be so horrible if there was more separation between different videos and more effort required to post something?