this is an interesting question i’ve had banging around in my mind since well before Reddit’s implosion (and Discord’s enshittification), but which seems really worth asking now.
you can’t blame Reddit and Discord or their imitators entirely for these going out of style, but they’ve sure put the dagger in a lot of remaining ones, and i kind of wonder if they’re just in an irreversible and terminal decline a la USENET. i can only name two or three i even consider checking anymore, and i’m not sure how sustainable any of those are long-term.
I’ve never actually used many old style forums (except for Pine64’s) since I’m a bit younger, and my parents were strict on using the internet when I was younger. I like the idea of less content centralization since everything seems to happen on the larger websites, but I have no idea where to find almost any of these places lol
Same, The closest I got was Gaia online