(Apr 29, 2026 09:24 AM)HerrWinston Wrote:  I only use this forum daily, everything else is handled over Discord for me, I rarely look at telegram or anything else tho. This place has given alot of info to me, would feel bad to just stop being here :)

(Apr 29, 2026 09:31 AM)Deany Wrote:  I only use HF. Super glad it has Sports Book. I am addicted!

(Apr 29, 2026 11:34 AM)Hackers Wrote:  I don't really use the chat apps because they can be too distracting. I've gone back & forth over the years. I like forums because you can close them and come back when you want to, whereas a chat app is more "current" and it's not really set up for someone to come back to a discussion from 3 weeks ago

Chat apps are superior to forums in today's times, just like social media platforms are for the majority of people.

But as a guy who grew up on forums in 90s-2000s, it's hard to leave something like this behind.

(Apr 29, 2026 12:58 PM)Mercury Wrote:  For the most part, I'm on here every day. I do occasionally take a hiatus and there are days that I lurk without posting but I'm on here pretty religiously anymore. I can't stand the fact that forums as a concept are declining.

(Apr 30, 2026 04:35 AM)Edmond Dantes Wrote:  I love lurking in the forum daily, there is always something interesting:)

(Apr 30, 2026 03:40 AM)waraktis Wrote:  True, do you think forums will stick around long term or slowly fade out with chat apps taking over?

(Apr 30, 2026 06:21 AM)Hackers Wrote:  Forums are uniquely equipped to store information long-term in a social style... I think we will see the structure of forums stick around forever, but how it looks could and SHOULD change.

A social media app is like a forum, but people are posting threads in their own section (profile), and the experience is easier to use on mobile (or any other) than a traditional forum.

Reddit is a forum.

YouTube has categorization, threads (videos), and replies.

A website with subfolders/ and pages and user comments... Forum.

For me, forums will always be around. Anytime people join together to discuss different ideas, with some set ground rules & moderation... categories... custom posts from users.... replies... a forum.

But no, I don't think Mybb, vBulletin, IPB, SMF, XenForo, etc will be around forever unless they get with the program and actually modernize their UIs. Every single one of those companies dropped the damn ball over 10 years ago and it's a shame.

(Apr 30, 2026 06:57 AM)waraktis Wrote:  Yeah makes sense, the idea of forums is still alive, just wrapped differently now.