> There's too much clutter to accomodate post metadata, avatars, titles, and mostly obnoxious signatures. The good thing about web forums is they allowed you t

> There's too much clutter to accomodate post metadata, avatars, titles, and mostly obnoxious signatures. The good thing about web forums is they allowed you to disable those things at the user level. Social media is top-down by design. Want to get rid of Twitter's useless 'For You' default tab? You can't, because the company has decided that that's something they want you to use, regardless of your preference.