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I've been searching for a new home this entire time and I haven't really found one. Everything is either dead or barely have any activity left. Younger generations don't seem to grasp or even like forums. Reddit also seems to be stagnant. There's only a handful of active forums left. I don't see forums making a comeback but I sure do hope so.
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Quick make another thread copy and pasted from reddit, that'll bring forums back!
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Jun 23, 2025 14:32
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discord is the new hotness, pencilmaster wizardhands it shouldn't be but it is
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Jun 23, 2025 14:35
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Yo chat is this real? This cop brained boomer wants us all to write out our talking on a website that votes for Joe Biden.
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Jun 23, 2025 14:37
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yes they can and it's all thanks to your threads OP thank you
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Jun 23, 2025 14:39
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what vpn do you use ph? nordvpn?
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Jun 23, 2025 14:40
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bradzilla posted:what vpn do you use ph? nordvpn? i use the jc penny vpn pronounce it like jc penyay for a laugh
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Jun 23, 2025 14:50
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you already posted this thread
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Jun 23, 2025 14:52
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I think we've reached peak Discord and people are realize how terrible it is at preserving information, so it wouldn't surprise me to see forums culture make a modest comeback in some circles. I do think the appetite online for slower, more considered posting with a longer "tail" as it were isn't going to be very high in a post infinite-scroll world, but I think there will always be sickos who are into that sort of thing, and I hope they come here!
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Jun 23, 2025 14:53
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Wait for the next big election. That'll get the folks chatting.
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Jun 23, 2025 14:55
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As AI floods other social media making it annoying and unusable, maybe?
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Jun 23, 2025 15:18
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It's been here for years
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Jun 23, 2025 15:18
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Murdstone posted:As AI floods other social media making it annoying and unusable, maybe? who is to say that the ai that spent a couple months scraping this site didnt register an account to repost reddit threads
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Jun 23, 2025 15:19
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reddit is basically a forum and is one of the biggest sites on the internet. it just has algorithms and doesn't show things in chronological order. you should check it out OP!
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Jun 23, 2025 15:24
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MrQwerty posted:who is to say that the ai that spent a couple months scraping this site didnt register an account to repost reddit threads Who's to say we don't have active chat bots right now?
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Jun 23, 2025 15:34
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Sure, why not. Avril Lavigne released a new track with Simple Plan last month and they just rereleased Gex, so I guess it turns out fuckin' anything can make a comeback at this point who cares
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Jun 23, 2025 15:36
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MrQwerty posted:who is to say that the ai that spent a couple months scraping this site didnt register an account to repost reddit threads I have asked chatgpt to write stories for yhe SA forums and its really campy and bad at it. So me ill be the one to say that
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Jun 23, 2025 16:15
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not while it's an aging content farm for the lamest people imaginable
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Jun 23, 2025 16:19
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CarForumPoster posted:I have asked chatgpt to write stories for yhe SA forums and its really campy and bad at it. So me ill be the one to say that Yeah because chatgpt is the only llm running rampant on the internet
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Jun 23, 2025 16:20
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if we could integrate this place with the official GBS discord it would breathe new life into both, that’s called a win-win naturally the loser mods hate the idea
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Jun 23, 2025 16:20
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syntaxfunction posted:Quick make another thread copy and pasted from reddit, that'll bring forums back! It's whiny bitches like you who are killing what little forums we have left
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Jun 23, 2025 16:21
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CarForumPoster posted:I have asked chatgpt to write stories for yhe SA forums and its really campy and bad at it. So me ill be the one to say that Did you ask it to make you an adult film involving feces? Cause you probably want to use ScatGPT for that.
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Jun 23, 2025 16:22
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yeah forums are largely dead, sadly. Discord was the death knell. I dislike for Reddit, but it's the biggest hub I've found for hobbies I've found outside Discord, so it continues to assert dominance. I don't see things changing in the current climate.
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Jun 23, 2025 16:30
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That Dang Dad posted:I think we've reached peak Discord and people are realize how terrible it is at preserving information, so it wouldn't surprise me to see forums culture make a modest comeback in some circles. I do think the appetite online for slower, more considered posting with a longer "tail" as it were isn't going to be very high in a post infinite-scroll world, but I think there will always be sickos who are into that sort of thing, and I hope they come here! Fandom/Wikis will be a thing again but I don't think forums will make a strong comeback unless reddit/existing social media topples. You'll get some weirdo games with a strong forum sure but not a mass return. Croccers fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Jun 23, 2025 |
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Jun 23, 2025 16:31
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i don’t know if we’re allowed to name and shame but at this point i think it simply needs to be said pcmaker claims to love forums and yearns for their revival, but i’ve never received a single tip from him for posting in one of his threads. he couldn’t be bothered to break a measly twenty piece even once. anyone who’s been here longer than a minute knows which thread creators take care of their post guys and which don’t.
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Jun 23, 2025 16:32
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Jun 23, 2025 16:36
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With posts like this? Abso-loving-lutely
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forums are dead, reddit is dead, discord is dying. Just extrapolate what's happening: We went from long-form text (forums) to short text organized by popularity (reddit) to transient chat with less ability to reply (discord). Less depth and interaction over time. You know how TikTok videos have evolved from being just a regular short video at first into videos that 1) have giant text front and centre only 1-3 words at a time, as well as a second video playing over-top to "keep you interested"? A move towards more passive consumption with gimmicks to push the info into your brain with less effort on your part. So I'd say the next stop for the "forums" style stuff is just going to be AI avatars that represent you, chatting to other AI avatars. Then when you pick up your phone, your avatar will summarize all the chat it wants you to know about into bullet points.
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Jun 23, 2025 16:41
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Dead Internet Theory at play.
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Jun 23, 2025 16:41
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Pcmaker posted:I've been searching for a new home this entire time and I haven't really found one. Everything is either dead or barely have any activity left. Younger generations don't seem to grasp or even like forums. Reddit also seems to be stagnant. There's only a handful of active forums left. drat you've been here for four months and you're already bored? Maybe go post on etsy
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Jun 23, 2025 16:44
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No. I went back to talking to people in person. This internet poo poo sucks.
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Jun 23, 2025 16:48
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No, because places like Reddit are getting overrun with AI slop and more restrictive forums like Something Awful have become so insular as to be impenetrable to anyone who hasn’t been here for over a decade.
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MrQwerty posted:discord is the new hotness, pencilmaster wizardhands our local citysub has had the mods push a discord hard, and you only get access to anything besides a basic chatroom that nobody uses if you spend your time chatting in there. so you can't pop in on occasion and ask questions, and if you ask questions in the sub they just say to use the discord gently caress i hate discord as anything but a live chat replacement
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I plan to embody the Spirit of Posting into a gigantic living entity which will then be set loose to make war upon the United States Empire on behalf of the internet peoples. (Like the sea peoples, but post modern.) The power of Forums unleashed will end the world. Is that a comeback?
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Jun 23, 2025 16:54
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Forums of the future is trying to engage with people in subways, trains and buses.
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mediaphage posted:gently caress i hate discord as anything but a live chat replacement  FB Groups still seems to have a weird grip on hobby groups. They killed off most hobby forums but a huge chunk of them didn't transition to discord.
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I do think that the paywall here on SA has been vital to keeping bots and riff raff out.Tenacious J posted:forums are dead, reddit is dead, discord is dying. I have a hard time envisioning what the dominant format of information exchange/correspondence on the internet will be in the future, as I'm in my mid-40s. But if Discord is waning as well, do you think it'll lean towards more real time chat room type stuff, or will there be a want or need for more measured exchanges like forums or, to a lesser degree, things like comment sections? I know that SA is unique in the sense that we have a dead and gay but pretty steadfast user base (obviously not like the late 90s etc but SA is plenty active, IMO) that have stuck it out, and occasionally I'll encounter some user on here who is a young person that regged in the last year (!), but for as much doom and gloom that people regularly post about here about SA going under, I feel like it's been fairly resilient, especially with us sticking to the vbulletin format for decades. I can't think of any other online communities that have done that for as long as we have, except maybe other forums out there that likely have a fraction of our user base.
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The internet is just going to keep getting worse. It won't be long before people wonder how anyone ever sat through an entire 15 second video.
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Tenacious J posted:forums are dead, reddit is dead, discord is dying.
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Floodixor posted:I have a hard time envisioning what the dominant format of information exchange/correspondence on the internet will be in the future, as I'm in my mid-40s. But if Discord is waning as well, do you think it'll lean towards more real time chat room type stuff, or will there be a want or need for more measured exchanges like forums or, to a lesser degree, things like comment sections? Someone's art discord will just flitter to tumblr/artsites. TV shows and movie groups feel like social media and/or reddit. Game/game info would go back to wikis/reddit and maaaybe a forum. A hobby like RC cars or something, I feel like would go back to a forum.
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