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Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.
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"The net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."
Users will search for new places. The fact that we are here is proof.
Build it, and they will come.
Yeah, well, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok are not the net, they are siloes. Discord too. Even Reddit is trying as hard as it can to be insular.
Much of my family doesn’t even know how to use a browser, at least not beyond the bare minimum for work. They probably never will.
I think old school internet folks are underestimating just how much of a grip Big Tech has on users' attention.l, and their devices.
R.I.P the original Xbox Scene forums 💔