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> They're a major part in killing off web forums, I’ve noticed that a lot of old popular forums disappeared in recent years, but I didn’t realize it was possib
by jb1991 4y ago
> They're a major part in killing off web forums,
I’ve noticed that a lot of old popular forums disappeared in recent years, but I didn’t realize it was possibly due to bots. Why is that? I assumed that the admins just got tired of running them and moderating them.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoIt's more complicated than just bots, competition from Reddit is another factor, but bot traffic were certainly a significant part of the problem, both in terms of the constant drive-by exploits and ceaseless comment spam drove up the amount of work needed to operate a forum as a hobby to basically a full time job. With waning visitor numbers, it simply became untenable.