What's the point and benefit of social networks as we know them nowadays, even #nostr I'm not sure. It's really weak entertainment and shallow knowledge.
I remember reading Usenet decades ago and bei...
Barrier of entry. Usenet peaked when there were fewer users who were more technical.
As the content quantity (esp binaries) increased and quality decreased, forums became more popular. They had a lower technical barrier of entry, but you had to actually want to discuss subject x to join. This resulted in less content spammed across communities.
Some subjects barely have a community though, so never made sense to have forums. This is where sites like Reddit come in. No financial cost to the community and with moderation to prevent spam. Unfortunately Reddit also parasited all of the previously viable forums and various speech legislation made maintaining them less financially viable.
Now with more and more of the developing world coming online and translation tools becoming cheaper and more accurate, every conversation can finally become pure slop.
As the content quantity (esp binaries) increased and quality decreased, forums became more popular. They had a lower technical barrier of entry, but you had to actually want to discuss subject x to join. This resulted in less content spammed across communities.
Some subjects barely have a community though, so never made sense to have forums. This is where sites like Reddit come in. No financial cost to the community and with moderation to prevent spam. Unfortunately Reddit also parasited all of the previously viable forums and various speech legislation made maintaining them less financially viable.
Now with more and more of the developing world coming online and translation tools becoming cheaper and more accurate, every conversation can finally become pure slop.
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