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Specialized forums certainly still exist, but according to my perception, the activity on many of them has decreased A LOT compared to 10-15 years ago. People
by the_duke 8y ago
Specialized forums certainly still exist, but according to my perception, the activity on many of them has decreased A LOT compared to 10-15 years ago.
People spend much more time on FB, Instagram et al.
Reddit is an interesting hybrid. it does allow for specialized communities, but still engages in the "content feeding" mentioned above.
In forums, deep discussions can/could go on for weeks on the same topic. This completely impossible in today's main platforms.
Hackernews is just as guilty of this!
Few people read submissions older than a day or two, and a miniscule amount of them comment. Because no-one is going to answer anyway. That's my biggest gripe with this community.
- meko 8y agoI've developed a bad habit over the years: just reading the comments. Articles are always so structured and long winded, it often feels like you get the entire gist of the link from a headline and the comment discussion. Trying to change that by reading more of the headlines (at least skimming or reading sections), but it costs more time.
- silversconfused 8y agoThis is worse here where many frequent front page domains behave distastefully toward their users (paywalls, clickbait, Ads on top, bottom, right, inline, and in popovers...). Luckily, originals sources to poor articles are often posted in the comments too.