> Look at HN - how many commenters do you personally recognize It would be 0 for me. Twitter is better for me in that way, but because is only short interacti

> Look at HN - how many commenters do you personally recognize It would be 0 for me. Twitter is better for me in that way, but because is only short interactions, it's not like I'm close to them. With forums it was way better, for me at least. It felt like family, and in 1 forum I was, we actually had like a 'newbie adoption' thing. With many people there, we actually ended up being internet friends, while on Twitter we might be more like acquaintances.