Question The Future of Fan Forums

[appleAlcy]

I personally am dubious that a shift away from social media would give rise to a shift back towards fora.* I think it's more likely for there to be a shift towards group chats and one-on-one communication. Note Discord's prominence in the modern day. Younger people on fora tend to be...intentionally making a choice to use a more antiquated sort of thing.

*Fora are a social medium definitionally, but distinguishing them is helpful for purposes of these discussions.

 

[NotASlayer]

As a point of order, forums like this ARE classified as social media. An earlier form, but still social media. So....

ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

True, though the earlier forms are rarely considered social media. Perhaps because they are descended from things that existed from the earlier days of the internet, predating the "social media" usually referred to by that term often by several decades. What was it called when things like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter etc came along, Web 2.0?