discuss Age of forums

[Lord Severus]

Do you think the age of forums are over?

I dont think that the age of forums are over, but it is a sad reality that it is declining significantly.

Forums must find new ways to integrate into social media, methods to create content with less time and effort and give members enough benefits for staying within the folds of forums. I used to be active over 15 to 20 forums when I was young, back in 2010 - 2015. But now, it has come down significantly to two of three.

 

[Cpvr]

I don’t believe the age of forums are over.

Forums will always have a place on the internet. They birthed social media. They’re the true “social media” and if it wasn’t for them, social media wouldn’t exist.

As a forum owner, we have to promote and work harder than we did in the early 2010’s, but that’s perfectly fine.

 

[Ja sa bong]

Nope, it's not over for forums. Even though we have seen a lot of forum come and go but there are still lots of them which have a better structure to keep it going on for decades to come.

 

[Unvarnished]

While forums lost user popularity, they maintain an active community of loyal followers today. To survive, the forums should always strive to serve users while using modern communication methods and tools. Adding social network connections plus unique features and member rewards helps forums maintain their active status and it will draw in fresh users.

 

[Lord Severus]

I think now forums has to adopt unique niches that are constantly evolving. Things I can think of are political happenings, science and technology, artificial intelligence and things like that.

Gone are the glorious days of promotion forums and graphic design forums. Also, now we need to spend more in the form of licensing requirements and perks for members. No way out

 

[Cpvr]

I think now forums has to adopt unique niches that are constantly evolving. Things I can think of are political happenings, science and technology, artificial intelligence and things like that.

Gone are the glorious days of promotion forums and graphic design forums. Also, now we need to spend more in the form of licensing requirements and perks for members. No way out

You also need to spend more time actively promoting, but in the end, it will all be worth it.



The more visible your forum becomes, the more it will be noticed, making your chances of growth much easier compared to others.





Most forum owners who actively promoted their forums in the past were the ones who achieved the most success. This still holds true today.





Many tactics, such as post exchanges and social media campaigns, continue to work effectively.

 

[Shawn]

I don't think forums are done.

Forums are more about community. Social media is more about virality.

I can come here and know who to expect to see and talk to, which makes it easy to make new friends. On social media, it's all about timing, trends, and getting the word out before it vanishes because of another viral thing. There isn't a whole lot of room for community in that.

I have had a forum with 10K+ members and 200K+ posts and there was still an active community of great friendship there.

I have a group on Facebook with nearly 50K members and hundreds of posts a day. There is a little bit of a community, but it's always fighting with the algorithms.

I do feel that platforms and software are not advancing fast enough. It will be the ones we pay to have a forum that kills forums in the end.

 

[Lord Severus]

I don't think forums are done.

Forums are more about community. Social media is more about virality.

I can come here and know who to expect to see and talk to, which makes it easy to make new friends. On social media, it's all about timing, trends, and getting the word out before it vanishes because of another viral thing. There isn't a whole lot of room for community in that.

I have had a forum with 10K+ members and 200K+ posts and there was still an active community of great friendship there.

I have a group on Facebook with nearly 50K members and hundreds of posts a day. There is a little bit of a community, but it's always fighting with the algorithms.

I do feel that platforms and software are not advancing fast enough. It will be the ones we pay to have a forum that kills forums in the end.

Those are some very powerful arguments.

However, you see, there is something call the time factor. We need to ease the way in which we are spending time in social media. Typing all that we need to express takes so much time.

Do you think bringing in an inbuilt speech - to - text engines in the forums will help in this process of popularising the forums?

 

[Yugi]

I think forums have been on the decline ever since social media started to flourish. But sometimes we need to stop the forums vs social media comparison and put forums into their bracket where it is about building community spirit and a different way to express oneself over social media. You often have "real" discussions and people you can get to know from all parts of the world. Social media is so massive that it becomes hard to get to know one another and forums are on a smaller scale where you can build online friendships easier than your IRL friends and family. I think forums will continue to stay alive, but there will always be "newer" technological advances that many people will flock to and become the trend of a period. To those who remain loyal to online communities, there will always be a reason for them to stick around, even if the interest in them remains rather low.

 

[Lord Severus]

I think forums have been on the decline ever since social media started to flourish. But sometimes we need to stop the forums vs social media comparison and put forums into their bracket where it is about building community spirit and a different way to express oneself over social media. You often have "real" discussions and people you can get to know from all parts of the world. Social media is so massive that it becomes hard to get to know one another and forums are on a smaller scale where you can build online friendships easier than your IRL friends and family. I think forums will continue to stay alive, but there will always be "newer" technological advances that many people will flock to and become the trend of a period. To those who remain loyal to online communities, there will always be a reason for them to stick around, even if the interest in them remains rather low.

This I agree with.

The primary aim of any forum is the exchange of materials and information and a platform for community building. But these days, exchange of materials and community are taking place via social media and information is generated at the AI nodes and exchanged at social media.

The format of all these functions have moved away from the bracket of forums. Some lone warrior still fight the wave and I am happy for them.

 

[Cpvr]

This I agree with.

The primary aim of any forum is the exchange of materials and information and a platform for community building. But these days, exchange of materials and community are taking place via social media and information is generated at the AI nodes and exchanged at social media.

The format of all these functions have moved away from the bracket of forums. Some lone warrior still fight the wave and I am happy for them.

The ai nodes are actually linking to forums as a source of information unless the site owner is blocking those ai crawlers from indexing their site.

Especially ChatGPT as they have their own search engine built in now.

The key is, owners need to take the time out and engage with their audience on social media & bring them back to forums.

I see users all the time talking about that they “miss forums” on social media, but, they’re the ones that left forums in the first place for social media.

 

[Unvarnished]

Based on current research data forums still maintain their usefulness in digital society. The rise of social media has not erased the essential value that forums provide especially when has to do intense information.

 

[Ashake]

I read that the AI crawlers understand that forums maintain their significance as they index them as an information source. Through Forums, users create special interaction which also allow them to participate in meaningful knowledge sharing activities.