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The whole "forums are dead" thing must be news to all of the various forums I visit regularly which are thriving. Examples: https://atariage.com/forums/index.
by reaperducer 4y ago
The whole "forums are dead" thing must be news to all of the various forums I visit regularly which are thriving.
Examples:
https://atariage.com/forums/index.php https://atariage.com/forums/index.php
https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php
- tannhaeuser 4y agoWish that were true, but sadly forums went down with ad prices racing to the bottom around 2005 when forum pages became plastered with more and more ads to compete against targeted advertising. Also news aggregators including HN and Reddit did play a role in their demise.
- reaperducer 4y agoBoth of the forms I linked to have no advertising.
- bombcar 4y agoThe forums that survive do not and never did depend on advertising revenue, I find. They're either labors of love, supported by donations, or an offshoot of a company/org.
- nickt 4y agoWow, “CBM PET 2001 Strange Boot” with almost 2000 responses (100 pages) since April this year. https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/cbm-2001-pet-strange-boot.1238413/ https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/cbm-2001-pet-stran...