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bfslick50 posted...

I like the setup of this site. I like that a topic is just one long discussion thread instead of the fractal nature of other sites with comments on comments. I like that topics eventually close and conversations end. I like that it's 1 short line to get your interest in a topic so you can see a lot of topics on one screen without having to scroll. There was a lot of information there. Politics had it's fair share of garbage topics, but those were easy to ignore. Sometimes reading a topic title and the first post wasn't enough to be informed on a topic but when someone in real life brought it up I had a base knowledge to start an interesting conversation instead of just being "no I never heard of that."

Over 10 years ago CE was my main board, and maybe this is still a good spot for me, but I'm not sure.

Yea, that's the classic internet forum those of us who've been on the web since the 90's / early 2000's are used to. Wasn't until I saw twitter, reddit and similar sites that had that branched/nested comment style. Not a fan of nested comments - and dont see what's wrong with linear replies like I'm doing to you? Like, everything is sorted by 'hotness' and likes and all that.. some people's opinions get boosted and other's supressed. Goes against the purpose of internet discussions in my opinion - they are supposed to be anonymous and equal.

We went wrong when we started having 'likes' and people started associating real identities with their online accounts. I also notice younger users behave differently online then us old farts.. in my opinion because they don't get the 'anonymous' aspect of it - they grew up with social media. They seem more likely to take offense as if they were defending their real-life image, while an anonymous user has less to fear and less to hide.

IDK why im posting this, just feeling nostalgic. I may start hunting around for classic internet forums.. i believe a handful still exist from the 90's even - like Ars Technica and such.