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I don't want to establish a relationship with someone on those forums. I usually don't even write there. I land in some random page following links from a searc

I don't want to establish a relationship with someone on those forums. I usually don't even write there. I land in some random page following links from a search engine when I look for solutions to a problem. When I do write in a forum or the comments of a site I really don't care who's writing the other comments. There are too many people and I don't know any of them. Even here on HN after about 9 years I remember less than 5 nicks and that's not a problem.

CM30 3y ago
That's fair. I think this is the appeal of stuff like Reddit to many people, because like yourself they merely want the information they came for or an answer to their question rather than a community. I guess some people go on forums and community sites to talk about the topic first and foremost, and some others because they want to make friends/be part of a community first and foremost. It reminds me of the split between people who watch YouTube videos/Twitch streams because of the creator and those who watch them because the topic being covered.