Have the forums changed?
There's 3 kinds of chat, nearby, group, and private. The threads that last the longest seem to bridge the gap by encouraging people to express publicly what they might otherwise share only in private. People share what they're doing and get to know each other like a simulation of group chat. But a connection in a forum never truly happens, we always feel at least a little left out, we're not personally involved & few want to hear private conversations in public. Some say the forums have chan
I think the forums have always had those personal discussions. If anything they're are much less than they used to be. There has also always been and continues to be a sharing of talent as well. I think it's just that for the most part the forums are much quieter due to less people participating on a daily basis that there used to be a long time ago. Though people do come back now and then even if they are not participating regularly.
In addition a lot of the battles on hot button topic
