Well, I'd say it's sort of like "Reddit". Despite being a bunch of different forums, Reddit has a certain feel. Design choices in the software influence peopl

Well, I'd say it's sort of like "Reddit". Despite being a bunch of different forums, Reddit has a certain feel. Design choices in the software influence people's behavior, as well as influencing which people join and participate to begin with. I imagine Facebook groups are largely different than subreddits for the same reason. I was a pretty early Reddit user, I think 2007 or so. And it definitely got worse, so by ~2012 I had almost entirely stopped using it. But since ~2016, there are a couple communities I like, so I'm back on there. There could be gems on Usenet for sure ... but I checked the forums I used to frequent and you know what happened :)