BBS* -> fora -> social media -> AI/Metaverse

* very few of you are old enough to remember without googling it...

For better or worse the rise of social media coincides with the rise of mobile devices in 2014 (this forum especially is very hard to use due to the lack of mobile theme -> constant zoom in/zoom out to read a post, let alone writing a lengthy post).

Mobile devices have displaced PCs for 99% of the population worldwide and this makes fora less attractive.

Unfortunately mobile devices are way too easy to use, that even a chimp's brain (equivalent to 5-year old Homo Sapiens intelligence) can use it, so you probably now understand why the internet keeps getting worse and worse quality-wise, despite the vast technological progress (faster CPUs/GPUs, faster fiber connections).

It is what it is. It was good while it lasted.