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Topic	It kinda makes me sad to see GameFAQs finally dying.
adjl 04/29/24 9:26:15 AM #45:	darkknight109 posted... I still don't really get why the "forum" model of the internet died out. Nothing that's replaced it seems like an improvement to me, at least in terms of being able to find stuff. It's a combination of wikis and other social media formats, I'd say. As semi-permanent repositories of information, wikis generally work better than forums because they're organized somewhat logically instead of just by who felt like discussing the subject and when, plus they tend to be more reliably updated. Upvote-based social media platforms also work better than traditional forums for people that are just googling whatever question they have, since they can generally rely on the assumption that an answer with lots of upvotes (which will also show up higher in search results) is more likely to be correct (strictly speaking, that's fallacious, but most everyday questions don't actually need rigorous, logically-valid proofs of their answers). That lets them avoid having to sift through a whole thread to see if there were any major corrections or better answers, which is better for people that aren't looking to actively participate in a thread. On the social media side of things, it's a shift from sitting down and participating in a community to being able to casually peruse a feed of new content. For those who want to immerse themselves in a community and see its history and whatnot, that's a downgrade, but from the perspective of those that just want to kill a bit of time by checking in and see what's new/interesting, Reddit and Facebook both do a better job (the latter actively curating things according to perceived interests), and newer social media has continued that trend. It's become harder to find older/less popular conversations as a result, but most people aren't thinking about finding older/less popular conversations when they pull out their phones to kill a few minutes. Judgmenl posted... I will not watch any streamer that uses Youtube as a secondary content platform because Twitch does not respect me. Youtube respects users only marginally less than Twitch, and is arguably even worse to creators. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:980150813] in It kinda m... [t:80756498]...</cite> <quote>darkknight109 posted... </cite><quote>I still don't really get why the "forum" model of the internet died out. Nothing that's replaced it seems like an improvement to me, at least in terms of being able to find stuff.</quote>It's a combination of wikis and other social media formats, I'd say. As semi-permanent repositories of information, wikis generally work better than forums because they're organized somewhat logically instead of just by who felt like discussing the subject and when, plus they tend to be more reliably updated. Upvote-based social media platforms also work better than traditional forums for people that are just googling whatever question they have, since they can generally rely on the assumption that an answer with lots of upvotes (which will also show up higher in search results) is more likely to be correct (strictly speaking, that's fallacious, but most everyday questions don't actually need rigorous, logically-valid proofs of their answers). That lets them avoid having to sift through a whole thread to see if there were any major corrections or better answers, which is better for people that aren't looking to actively participate in a thread.On the social media side of things, it's a shift from sitting down and participating in a community to being able to casually peruse a feed of new content. For those who want to immerse themselves in a community and see its history and whatnot, that's a downgrade, but from the perspective of those that just want to kill a bit of time by checking in and see what's new/interesting, Reddit and Facebook both do a better job (the latter actively curating things according to perceived interests), and newer social media has continued that trend. It's become harder to find older/less popular conversations as a result, but most people aren't thinking about finding older/less popular conversations when they pull out their phones to kill a few minutes.Judgmenl posted... </cite><quote>I will not watch any streamer that uses Youtube as a secondary content platform because Twitch does not respect me.</quote>Youtube respects users only marginally less than Twitch, and is arguably even worse to creators. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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