The algorithm has turned against them...

[Mister Obvious]

You know, I don't let myself think about it too often, but...

Discussion forums are essentially dead in this new era of AI.

If it's not an AI bot posting, it's somebody copy/pasting some text they generated with AI.

Sure, there are still plenty of real people posting on forums, though probably a lot fewer than in years past...

But message boards are just not an authentic way to communicate online anymore.

At least not boards that are open to the public and don't have rigorous vetting.

It's the death of message boards...

And they were my favorite thing about the internet.

So man...

Really, I want to grieve over this.