Internet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that is worrying

[Black Magisterialness]

No.

I didn't say NONE.

 

[Uchiha God]

Coli's the last line of defense

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

the iron knee of thecoli.com spending hours worrying about serena's makeup, while she chillin somewhere being a billionaire

 

[TEH]

Who cares

… fukk these crackers

 

[bnew]

Have you noticed people who post on forums are 30+.
The younger generation are not using it

because forums never got real mobile app support.

 

[Shadow King]

I didn't say NONE.

Most of this board came here 12 years ago after the deterioration of a site that was alive 10 years before that. Terminally online is the backbone of this site.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Low key, I've learned a lot from sohh and coli. Yall put me onto much shyt I otherwise would've been ignorant of. Yall also be saying some stupid shyt sometimes though.

 

[Supa]

I use reddit as a search option. Most of the time you'll find the question you're looking for.
In terms of actually participating in conversation there? It's unusable.
You can't find where the conversation started, it's an absolute mess, and by the time you do find where it started, joining the conversation is pointless.
And if you make a post and they don't like it your comment gets hidden. It could be something as simple as, "I like stock ABC for future growth" and your comment will get down voted to oblivion.

All true.

I only like Reddit for small niches so comments top out around 20-100. You get the info and dip.

When I browse the popular tab and see 2,000 comments the top one is usually a dad joke or pun followed by more people trying to get their corny jokes off. When you do reach something relevant to the topic all the replies are an echo chamber. I'll notice a hidden reply and click on it and the person didn't even say anything crazy or a mod got them for going against consensus.

Reddit mods are ridiculous. They basically train everyone to fall in line. I remember a thread about an alleged sexual assault and the mod pinned a warning saying that anyone who questioned whether the assault took place or questioned the "victim" would be banned

 

[MikelArteta]

we holding the wall

 

[RickyDiBiase]

Oh well

Go outside

 

[Braman]

Most the internet will be AI bots anyways in a couple of years. Theres already some on the coli.

I wish I could find it but Reddit had a whole ‘demo’ thread made and replied to by bots. And it looked normal. Could only tell it was bots bc they said so…And this was like 2019. So imagine what they can do now.

Especially when

1) there’s incentive for sites/apps to inflate viewership and engagement

2) A perfect storm of social media being more politically correct, an emphasis on brevity, and thirst for attention that makes everyone write in a tryhard catchy zinger format. All of that = it’d be hella easy to mimic the average person’s post

 

[2CT]

2002 to the first day Facebook was available for everybody was the golden age of the net. You had to have been there



-The niche forums
-Bagging women
-The anonymity yet authenticity
-The separation between online and offline

agreed but i’d say around 99/2000 was the start instead of 02

pretty much the debut of Napster is when the internet officially become

 

[Ineedmoney504]

@Rekkapryde whos idea was it to switch from GroupMe to Discord? @Ineedmoney504

Idk but I’m glad as hell they did. I think it was Gabe/loose tho. One In 2k and one in madden. Switch at same time.

Paw was eye commish tho

 

[Yaboysix]

I don't use them shyts, they overwhelming... I like it simple....

I see a topic I'm interested in and click n comment.

Plus, it's nice to see comments if different opinions..the Fck we all agreeing on the same Shyt for?

 

[Mook]

I wish I could find it but Reddit had a whole ‘demo’ thread made and replied to by bots. And it looked normal. Could only tell it was bots bc they said so…And this was like 2019. So imagine what they can do now.

Especially when

1) there’s incentive for sites/apps to inflate viewership and engagement

2) A perfect storm of social media being more politically correct, an emphasis on brevity, and thirst for attention that makes everyone write in a tryhard catchy zinger format. All of that = it’d be hella easy to mimic the average person’s post

The best way to figure it out is that they post at you. Like they just talk drop facts or correct you about some shyt. It’s not how normal people talk.