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Forums. I don't know why the internet got tired of them I have recently been participating on Reddit and I still like HN, but I am spending less time of late o
by Mz 10y ago
Forums. I don't know why the internet got tired of them
I have recently been participating on Reddit and I still like HN, but I am spending less time of late on another forum I still belong to. For me, part of the answer is that forums are heavily influenced by moderators and most of them are not anywhere near as good as what you see on HN. So, if you have personal friction with the mods, good luck with that!
The internet is this awesome opportunity to rub elbows with people around the world. Then the admin structure very often gets you stuck in "I shot the sheriff" * hell, where no matter what you fucking do, some asshole who doesn't like you and is in charge rides your goddamn case and deletes your shit for bs reasons and so on.
I don't know how to solve this problem. Most forums don't seem to be able to get it right.
* This is an old song where the plot is that the sheriff was making his life unbearable and there was no other way out, so he finally shoots him.
- u801e 10y ago> the [forum] admin structure very often gets you stuck in "I shot the sheriff" * hell, where no matter what you fucking do, some asshole who doesn't like you and is in charge rides your goddamn case and deletes your shit for bs reasons and so on. That's why I preferred Usenet over forums. All filtering is done by the client and is under your sole control (outside of moderated groups).