Are forums dead on osu! ?
Feels like there are no new discussions or anyone posting anything and a lot of the posts are old (which is to be expected, a lot of those old legacy forums are a good place to post) but there are rarely, if any new discussions being brought up on the regular.
As we progress through time, it is inevitable that the old will be replaced with the new and as a result of that, change comes.
I'm not suggesting that these forum board on osu! is not useful, it is absolute a core part of this video game and absolutely necessary for development, mapping, bulletin discussions etc. you know, but I'm talking more about using the forum from a general use point of view.
the osu! forum in my opinion is very much a gateway to the past. This is a very old model of internet communication and it's amazing that it has lived on into 2020. The icons, seeing when you joined, customization of signatures etc is very reminiscent of old forum websites, but it is as it is, an old model.
I am actually quite keen to know. The younger members of osu!, are you familiar with these sorts of forums and bulletin boards? I would like it for people born after 2005 to comment on here and enlighten us on the prevalence of these styles of forums communities in your days of first using the internet.
I have noticed that people don't reach out as much today as compared to the past, despite living in a more 'connected' and easy to communicate digital society. It's very strange when you think about it, right? I don't know what this phenomenon is called but it's definitely noticeable.
An example is live parties and chats on consoles. back in the day, it was expected that nearly everyone had a mic to communicate in a CoD lobby, but now, people stay in their own private parties or discord calls. Every single person who was an active user of PS3/xbox 360 for CoD/Halo can 100% attest to the realisation of this.
Could it be the same story for these forums?
Why go through the hassle of putting yourself out there in these obsolete modes of communication when you can simply join a discord group that you joined via some reddit thread. Why have a discussion on a topic with the general community when you can stick with your friends in your private group and discuss it there to your hearts content while transferring data at a higher rate since you can easily be notified of a response! which you can't here.
The evolution of the internet is something that fascinates me, I wish I was more articulate so I could tell and express myself better because it always goes in an unexpected direction but anyways, I just wanna get something started.
Do you guys think this style of forum is dying?
What's your thoughts on this. What changed, What's new, What was your first experience like back in 2006, how has it changed 14 years later?
Feels like there are no new discussions or anyone posting anything and a lot of the posts are old (which is to be expected, a lot of those old legacy forums are a good place to post) but there are rarely, if any new discussions being brought up on the regular.
As we progress through time, it is inevitable that the old will be replaced with the new and as a result of that, change comes.
I'm not suggesting that these forum board on osu! is not useful, it is absolute a core part of this video game and absolutely necessary for development, mapping, bulletin discussions etc. you know, but I'm talking more about using the forum from a general use point of view.
the osu! forum in my opinion is very much a gateway to the past. This is a very old model of internet communication and it's amazing that it has lived on into 2020. The icons, seeing when you joined, customization of signatures etc is very reminiscent of old forum websites, but it is as it is, an old model.
I am actually quite keen to know. The younger members of osu!, are you familiar with these sorts of forums and bulletin boards? I would like it for people born after 2005 to comment on here and enlighten us on the prevalence of these styles of forums communities in your days of first using the internet.
I have noticed that people don't reach out as much today as compared to the past, despite living in a more 'connected' and easy to communicate digital society. It's very strange when you think about it, right? I don't know what this phenomenon is called but it's definitely noticeable.
An example is live parties and chats on consoles. back in the day, it was expected that nearly everyone had a mic to communicate in a CoD lobby, but now, people stay in their own private parties or discord calls. Every single person who was an active user of PS3/xbox 360 for CoD/Halo can 100% attest to the realisation of this.
Could it be the same story for these forums?
Why go through the hassle of putting yourself out there in these obsolete modes of communication when you can simply join a discord group that you joined via some reddit thread. Why have a discussion on a topic with the general community when you can stick with your friends in your private group and discuss it there to your hearts content while transferring data at a higher rate since you can easily be notified of a response! which you can't here.
The evolution of the internet is something that fascinates me, I wish I was more articulate so I could tell and express myself better because it always goes in an unexpected direction but anyways, I just wanna get something started.
Do you guys think this style of forum is dying?
What's your thoughts on this. What changed, What's new, What was your first experience like back in 2006, how has it changed 14 years later?
