Comment by seydor
6 hours ago
the most intentional internet was made by people, not algorithms
now that we have cheap spam filtering, why don't we go back to forums
6 hours ago
the most intentional internet was made by people, not algorithms
now that we have cheap spam filtering, why don't we go back to forums
For the same reasons we left forums in the first place.
Spam was just a very small part of why people left forums. Size of the community and network effects was one of them. A constant stream of activity on any subject you wanted was yet another. Not having to log in to 40 different places yet another.