So a couple days ago I decided to check in on the League of Legends boards after not playing the game for about a year (Got tired of the competitiveness and toxicity from people in game) and found that they had closed the boards down because of people using places like Reddit more, including the devs.
Is this going to be our future? Giant "forums" where thousands upon thousands of people post but only 10 topics at any time will be read by anyone and the actual meat of the thread is usually incredibly thin. There's so many people on Reddit but also so much anonymity and lack of community. You can't learn about the people you're talking with because who knows when you'll next see a post by them, you can't get a repertoire where you can learn where someone is coming from and speak with each other as more than just random acquaintances. No one can be held accountable for things they've said....
The reason I like these forums even if I don't like what some people say is that I know who the people here are but it's looking like giant crowds are what are going to overtake us.
Is this going to be our future? Giant "forums" where thousands upon thousands of people post but only 10 topics at any time will be read by anyone and the actual meat of the thread is usually incredibly thin. There's so many people on Reddit but also so much anonymity and lack of community. You can't learn about the people you're talking with because who knows when you'll next see a post by them, you can't get a repertoire where you can learn where someone is coming from and speak with each other as more than just random acquaintances. No one can be held accountable for things they've said....
The reason I like these forums even if I don't like what some people say is that I know who the people here are but it's looking like giant crowds are what are going to overtake us.