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What do you mean when you say "modern forums are fun to use"? I ask in 100% good faith and I am not being snarky.

• hombre_fatal 7y ago
  They have all sorts of modern features more conducive to discussion and community-building like notifications that someone @mention/replied to you and even editing your post -- features that people generally like. If you don't think that's "fun", fair enough, but I also enumerated other benefits like their broader appeal. Any community that only has a mailing list could benefit from experimenting with a proper forum. I've seen this experiment broaden a community time and time again as you move away from only selecting for the type of person who likes mailing lists. And notice that HN isn't a mailing list either. For example, I would imagine that the sort of people interested in high-quality ebooks extend beyond mailing list loving super-techies. Even a subreddit would be a nice option.
  • dfc 7y ago
    My question was simply about how much fun you experience using modern forums. I have never edited a post and thought it was fun. Some people might say it's useful and others might say it encourages people to comment first and possibly focus on polishing the comment second.
• TylerE 7y ago
  For start... they aren't a freaking mailing list? E-mail sucks.