[zozbot234]

> From a users perspective having one account for reddit which replaces x accounts for specialized forums makes things easier such as managing notifications, etc.

Forum platforms could offer the same feature by interoperating with the Fediverse. You can sign up on one server and use that one identity to post content elsewhere. (Plus it also addresses the issue of needing a mobile native UX, there's plenty of apps that can interact with the Fediverse.)

[Ajef]

Notifications are just one aspect. As mentioned by others discoverability is another. An independent forum has to compete with commercial sites and well the entire www regarding search engine placement to be found.

[ColonelPhantom]

That said, a lot of communities seem to be migrating to Discord as well, which has a discoverability many times worse than forums, as Discord 'servers' are not even publicly accessible.

[weird-eye-issue]

Could, yes, but that's besides the point of WHY this has happened

[zozbot234]

Because the Fediverse is quite new and forums haven't gotten around to adopting it, even though they would naturally benefit from this tech.