Wow, those were the first forums and community I ever signed up for back in 04? 05? What happened there in particular that caused the decline, or did the rebirth not yield a decent comeback to warrant sticking around?
The only poster I remember from there was Dead Screen Sky (DDS?). Seemed like an Amir0x-ish type in terms of reverence/aggression (not including the pedo surprise obviously) if irc. Was he/she still there?
Forums around the board are dying tbh. Mega forums of old like Something Awful or GaiaOnline are shells of their former selves. Only very specific enthusiast forums really prosper in today's day and age.This is really not a good time for internet forums, present company excluded.
Are people just "discussing" on reddit and Twitter these days? I can't imagine either providing anywhere near the fulfillment that a robust forum does like Era.Forums around the board are dying tbh. Mega forums of old like Something Awful or GaiaOnline are shells of their former selves. Only very specific enthusiast forums really prosper in today's day and age.
Are people just "discussing" on reddit and Twitter these days? I can't imagine either providing anywhere near the fulfillment that a robust forum does like Era.
I think social media and especially reddit basically killed the idea of internet forums.Are people just "discussing" on reddit and Twitter these days? I can't imagine either providing anywhere near the fulfillment that a robust forum does like Era.
But didn't this notification also make you feel popularWhy make a forum post when you can make a hilarious tweet and get notifications that make you feel popular
You tell me!
Reddit and Twitter do have a lot of academic content. I've been seeing huge megathreads on Twitter latelyAre people just "discussing" on reddit and Twitter these days? I can't imagine either providing anywhere near the fulfillment that a robust forum does like Era.
How come? Forums on a decline, or are they running away from the discussions?
A lot of communities are going on FB too. I'm part of a few FB groups.Reddit and Twitter do have a lot of academic content. I've been seeing huge megathreads on Twitter lately
Why make a forum post when you can make a hilarious tweet and get notifications that make you feel popular
But twitter threads feel like sub Web 1.0 at times. I don't want to read some 95-part thread in backwards order with no real organized way to engage discussion with random participants with an ambiguous disarray of retweets, replies and nested conversations. It's utter chaos to me and no replacement for a forum.Reddit and Twitter do have a lot of academic content. I've been seeing huge megathreads on Twitter lately
There was a period from around....2002-2008 or so when the RT forums were maybe the best on the internet IMO. Tons of good posters, quality discussions, etc. Weirdly after that when the site started becoming an even bigger name as far as movie reviews went, it became inexplicably hostile to the forum and kept burying it deeper and deeper on the site, and posters left, and it started to die. IIRC for the last couple years there literally were no links to access the forum from the main page? Lol.
So it's been dead for years, but still sad.
My fondest internet memories are from RT's heyday. Participating in Donner's Monday Photoshop contests, the TV threads, and genuinely great film discussions were a highlight.
You act like it's a bad thing to see when someone has replied to your post or posted something new in a community you subscribe to. That's shit that should make sense to everyone at this point.
I just wonder what their drop off rate has been since the forums are gone now. I hardly ever go there now since the forums are gone.Imdb hollowing out their forums was such a shit decision.
"We want less traffic!"
Are people just "discussing" on reddit and Twitter these days? I can't imagine either providing anywhere near the fulfillment that a robust forum does like Era.
But twitter threads feel like sub Web 1.0 at times. I don't want to read some 95-part thread in backwards order with no real organized way to engage discussion with random participants with an ambiguous disarray of retweets, replies and nested conversations. It's utter chaos to me and no replacement for a forum.
Nothing of value was lost from that really. The depth of IMDb forums usually don't go deeper than waifu discussions.Imdb hollowing out their forums was such a shit decision.
"We want less traffic!"
Nonsense. The forums for older films were full of great, great stuff.Nothing of value was lost from that really. The depth of IMDb forums usually don't go deeper than waifu discussions.
Which is why I'm so glad this place exists.I never posted there, but I'm bummed out by the decline of forums overall. I just do not like discussing shit on Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, or wherever else everyone is at these days. All the popular outlets just seem to be popularity contests for whoever can make the quippiest one-liner the fastest.
Kind of agreed. Really niche films had some interesting stuff, and sometimes there was some good obscure tidbits to be found there and there only, not in the Trivia section or other places online. In some FMV games that were listed, someone once posted an interview with a local paper that wasn't online about one of the actors. Stuff like that could sometimes be found, but of course not in the comic book garbage or major film stuff.Nonsense. The forums for older films were full of great, great stuff.
Nonsense. The forums for older films were full of great, great stuff.