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> Did social media absorb these forums? Did messenger apps absorb them? Did Discord absorb them? Did Reddit absorb them? Yes to all four. The classic forum ex

> Did social media absorb these forums? Did messenger apps absorb them? Did Discord absorb them? Did Reddit absorb them? Yes to all four. The classic forum experience (I'm talking phpBB2 and similar) is incompatible with the dynamic UI/UX the modern web audience expects. The lack of comments being formatted as a tree is likely a deal breaker on its own.

Arrath 4y ago
Its funny, because I cannot stand the style of discussion that comes from hivemind upvoting and reordering of comments by vote count, ala reddit. Give me threaded discussion that is chronological, with the ability to quote previous posts. I am so tired of the top several comment trees on reddit being the latest hivemind digested and regurgitated funny reply.
- robobro 4y ago
  You can't stand hackernews? ;)
  - Arrath 4y ago
    HN is the exception, thanks to the mature and thoughtful discussions. Notably, it is absent the hordes of "r/unexpected_letterkenny????!!?!?!" and the like that really grind my gears.
  - tayo42 4y ago
    Does HN rank posts only by the number of points a post receives?
- warrenm 4y ago
  I don't see reordering comments except on Hacker News Reddit's always in chronological order when I view it
- Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
  IMO, a chronological view breaks down when you reach the critical mass that is reddit. Anything that hits the front page is going to have hundreds of top-level comments. You'll have tons of garbage to sift through. But if you want it, reddit DOES let you sort the tree in chronological order. > with the ability to quote previous posts. What do you mean? You can do this by just copy/pasting.
  - Arrath 4y ago
    Thinking back to phpBB or Vbulletin, where it'll nest the quote inside your post usually in a text box. I think reddit can do something similar but I don't know how. Compare that to the admittedly clumsy method of c/p and lead with a '>' here on HN.

Arrath 4y ago

Its funny, because I cannot stand the style of discussion that comes from hivemind upvoting and reordering of comments by vote count, ala reddit. Give me threaded discussion that is chronological, with the ability to quote previous posts. I am so tired of the top several comment trees on reddit being the latest hivemind digested and regurgitated funny reply.

robobro 4y ago
You can't stand hackernews? ;)
- Arrath 4y ago
  HN is the exception, thanks to the mature and thoughtful discussions. Notably, it is absent the hordes of "r/unexpected_letterkenny????!!?!?!" and the like that really grind my gears.
- tayo42 4y ago
  Does HN rank posts only by the number of points a post receives?
warrenm 4y ago
I don't see reordering comments except on Hacker News Reddit's always in chronological order when I view it
Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
IMO, a chronological view breaks down when you reach the critical mass that is reddit. Anything that hits the front page is going to have hundreds of top-level comments. You'll have tons of garbage to sift through. But if you want it, reddit DOES let you sort the tree in chronological order. > with the ability to quote previous posts. What do you mean? You can do this by just copy/pasting.
- Arrath 4y ago
  Thinking back to phpBB or Vbulletin, where it'll nest the quote inside your post usually in a text box. I think reddit can do something similar but I don't know how. Compare that to the admittedly clumsy method of c/p and lead with a '>' here on HN.