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The network effect. Everyone is on Facebook/Twitter/Reddit, so nobody will visit the forum.
by xigoi 3y ago
The network effect. Everyone is on Facebook/Twitter/Reddit, so nobody will visit the forum.
- azangru 3y agoBut then, how can one argue for a git reset hard, if it seems that people are willingly preferring places where everyone is over the places where only someone is?
- aksss 3y agoSome forums just got better, IMHO, just from maybe having richer contributions and distilled but still healthy communities with good moderation. Fewer drive-bys, less low quality content. I mean, I consider HN to be more forum than social media and a similar effect can be seen here - kind of a refuge due to relative obscurity and good moderation. That exists in other interest domains as well, with perhaps even more value from smaller and more focused participants.