i started using the internet in the late 2000’s and still remember when you search for something most of the times it would return with a forum post … now its just random websites … if you ever need real and concise answer you have to add site:reddit.com at every search and since discord or twitter are not crawlable by these search crawlers they are not mentioned . Where did all those forums went…are there still active forums ?
There’s a live discussion on https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew right now about Atari’s aquistion of AtariAge with the homebrew developers and fans in the chat. To me, it’s the last of the original forums around that still feels healthy, and everyone there is just hoping it won’t get killed by Atari.