> They still exist, although there is still a lot of hand-wringing over whether forums are "dying" or not. My understanding has been that forums aren't dead --

> They still exist, although there is still a lot of hand-wringing over whether forums are "dying" or not. My understanding has been that forums aren't dead -- the centralized, fast-food version of the forum, reddit has just won out for the usual reasons. What sets HN apart is it's moderation/curation. It feels like the HN hivemind is still smarter than me so I learn a bunch when I'm here, and people try to argue in good faith so that's good too. Creating and maintaining such an atmosphere (and getting your users to reinforce it) is hard.