05-02-2021, 05:48 PM
(04-24-2021 12:05 PM)Usako Man Wrote: I miss the late 90s internet.
I know that feeling all too well, though I would extend it to the early to mid 2000s. 2007 was when it first started going downhill, but back then the decline was pretty mild. 2012 was the beginning of the rapid decline.
(04-25-2021 04:03 PM)UnknownH Wrote: Yes, forums at small (like this) have mostly switched to social media and the like but a lot haven't. You can still find a lot of small places that still work. It can be kind of weird. But this is also a porn site so it's more niche then normal. There are some sites like that with forums. Often times they do stuff like make games or offer games or stuff. And some chan-like sites still work like that. And despite it maybe not being a good idea, Boorus do have comments. Plus things never got back on track here after Tamers anyway. Then things stopped after Frontier. So that's why. Kind of sad but things happen.
Small "dead" forums like this are the only communities that truly maintain the spirit of the 2000s internet. There are a few fairly active places that were around during that era, but they're all filled with the same types of people I can't stand. So the only places that truly have that spirit are the ones that were made in the early 2000s, attract no new users, and only consist of old timers who are in their 30s or older. They might only get like a couple dozen posts a year, but I'll always feel more at home on these types of places compared to shitholes like reddit or twitter.