This article is on Medium, which has a paywall. I’m a member, but not logged in. I was able to read it so it may depend on how many times you’ve read Medium articles.
One point he made that I found interesting was:
So, in light of all of this, should Reddit even exist? Is there really a point to a web forum in 2023? Aren’t we past all that?
He thinks we are. I never thought about it before. Maybe in the case of some Reddit subreddits and other forums, but I don’t think so in general. I’ve got a lot great information from forums.
I have loved the forum experience since about 25 years ago. I honestly don’t think I’m past it.
There’s something refreshing about an old forum, where you’re not bombarded with advertisements and algorithms, it’s just basic forum goodness, sorted according to activity.
It’s part of what makes Tumblr still rather nice to use, since it’s one of the few modern social media networks that doesn’t default to trying to force you into it, or clutter anything and everything with ads (yet), in spite of the site’s terrible coding.