Even in things like Facebook groups which largely replaced the forums I used to be on.
The lower barrier to entry, and the larger and more diverse audience mean for some of these facebook groups, the mods actually tell members to knock it off.
So then those folks create a separate chat for the shitposting mixed with the original content.
Just what I have seen anyways. A few forums manage to be quite prolific still (like the BoingBoing bbs).
Even in things like Facebook groups which largely replaced the forums I used to be on.
The lower barrier to entry, and the larger and more diverse audience mean for some of these facebook groups, the mods actually tell members to knock it off.
So then those folks create a separate chat for the shitposting mixed with the original content.
Just what I have seen anyways. A few forums manage to be quite prolific still (like the BoingBoing bbs).