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>But why did forums die? register, make a thread, 50% of the time it will get shut down for violating rules #7, #15 and #52. and if you did stick around, ther
by 123yawaworht456 3y ago
>But why did forums die?
register, make a thread, 50% of the time it will get shut down for violating rules #7, #15 and #52.
and if you did stick around, there were cliques and resident dweebs with >9000 posts with join date in the 90's. get into an argument with one of those fucks, and you might very well get banned.
modern forums are completely impersonal. I've been on HN for 10+ years, and I don't recognize anyone by name.
I don't miss the old forums at all.
- Washuu 3y agoI am a very old forum user and enjoyer. I recently joined a new forum and deleted my account a few days later. The first reply to my post was basically paraphrase, "You're doing everything wrong and you don't know anything.", and then the next few replies were entirely off topic derailing what I set out to talk about. Forums can be great, but they generically are full of cliques.