[Jaxkr]

> In terms of value per minute spent, it’s the same tier of slop as TikTok or Instagram

Insane take. Reddit hosts deep threaded discussions on almost any topic imaginable. In its prime it was the best forum on the internet. There’s a reason people commonly add “reddit” to the end of their search queries.

Unfortunately it feels like the community has gotten much dumber after they banned third party apps and restricted API access. It’s also lost almost all of its Aaron Swartz style hacktivist culture.

Reddit, in its prime, was incredible and beloved by almost everyone I know (most of which are far outside the HN sphere)

[JFingleton]

It feels like all those hacktivists moved to Discord... Which is even more "locked away" than Reddit.

I miss the old skool php web forums.

[portaouflop]

There are still many around - most of them die because admins give up or users leave - if you actually miss them it should be easy to find some for your interests

[rambambram]

I would love to have some directory with all kinds of active (PHP) web forums. That was the heyday of the open web for me.

Do you have any tips on how to specifically search for these forums? Without just googling for topics and browsing hours to find some. When I think about it, just googling/searching might be the only way.

[breppp]

https://www.google.com/search?q="powered+by+vbulletin"

[rambambram]

Nice one, thanks!