Do you think internet forums will make a comeback?

[Reizo]

Forums like this seem like one of the few corners of the internet not overrun by brand ambassador shills, extreme marketing-optimized SEO content, AI generated slop, bots, a toxic algorithm, propaganda, surveillance, and a deluge of ads. If forums make a comeback, too much of a comeback, we'll need to find somewhere else, because you know where it will be headed LOL

 

[Rusty64]

I'm coming back to this thread because I just had a realization. You can kinda tell who is and isn't equated with forum culture based on weather or not they have a forum signature. It's something that used to be very popular and common on forums so if you weren't in forums at when they were popular or haven't done your homework on forum culture you probably don't even realize there's a box on your profile page that lets you make a forum signature.
Unrelated there are also other funny quirks of forum software like how they still have a spot to put your "personal website" which most people don't have anymore sadly.

 

[Kepler]

With educational & social changes, so many other options available, combined with the difficulty of changing routines once set in motion forums are unlikely to reach the previous levels.
Still, connectivity continues to expand and there are significant benefits to forums for participants over other methods.
Evenly moderated well focused forums will remain attractive to specialists, those who want to be specialist and those that want to appear as either by proximity.

 

[Lurking Magician]

I am praying for a return to forums simply because discord is too fast for me to interact properly. In the time I've caught up and written my reply, everyone is already on the next topic.
(also discord is making questionable choices for the future, so...)