I miss forums.

Why did they die?

There's an argument that discord was the final blow, but really, if that was the case, irc and other chat would have ended them long ago.

Reddit (and its clones) is likely a major contributor, it's forum like but also micro blog.

Discuss is the last hold out, but that thing is such a mess, I don't know how people even use it.

The real question: is there any popular place left for long form archieved content?

I guess there is only reddit except for the last few niche communities holding onto smf, phpbb, and friends.

All we needed was something like nostr to let us log into various communities and forums without individual accounts for each.

Anyone remember firefox persona? (not the theme thing) It was a self controled identity that could log into sites that supported it, much like nostr.

Where do we have long form, well thought, discussions that might take place over days without getting lost in the mess?

#asknostr #grownostr #philosophy #longform