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Tommy_the_Cat_ posted...

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.

Yea this board actually feels like a group conversation with a flow. Some of those others you're either just yelling into a void or on the other end of the spectrum you get locked into this intense one-on-one back-and-forth cause there's that added pressure to respond when your name is attached.

Tommy_the_Cat_ posted...

Ones with politics:
https://forums.anandtech.com/forums/politics-and-news.24/
https://arstechnica.com/civis/forums/the-soap-box.24/

I used to visit here a lot too,
https://forums.afterdawn.com/

Thanks for posting this. I'll check those out.