[gnoop]

Most of the old guard is still going. How well is debatable. Ebaumsworld, Slashdot, Fark, Cheezeburger, and Something Awful, among others, are all still kicking around. Shadows of their former selves, but still around.

I agree with you on things beginning to fracture off again. We've cycled forum expansion and consolidation since forums started. The big consolidations were Usenet and Reddit (aka Usenet 2.0). Their downfalls have let to the new expansions and we're seeing it.

New web forums and Discord will be the norm for a while. We'll see the Usenet 3.0 challengers start the new round of consolidation until the new Usenet 3.0 comes in. That took a while last time.

[epiccoleman]

It is a positively wild thought that running Ebaum's World could remain profitable in 2023.

Who on earth is their audience? I feel like as kids in the early aughts we already perceived Ebaum's as a sort of second fiddle reposter site to the primary sources we found dumb internet stuff. It's crazy to me they're still running all this time later.

More power to 'em, honestly.

[gnoop]

Well, let's be honestly. Ebaumsworld is a mess these days. Complete garbage of a front page. Submissions with no comments. Seems like a graveyard that's still operating somehow but probably mostly on automation.

I'll probably still end up on Reddit for whatever it can provide for a while. Seems like the death spiral will be a slow decay more than anything and I'm not seeing any replacement for random facts and tidbits of knowledge, memes, or shitposting at the moment.

[worble]

>Ebaumsworld

Mandatory: https://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/ebaumsworld

I can't believe the actual animation of this isn't on youtube.