i started using the internet in the late 2000’s and still remember when you search for something most of the times it would return with a forum post … now its just random websites … if you ever need real and concise answer you have to add site:reddit.com at every search and since discord or twitter are not crawlable by these search crawlers they are not mentioned . Where did all those forums went…are there still active forums ?
Same. It feels like the equivalent to what Google used to be. Now instead of trying to iteratively optimize my searches, I just search what I want an usually find it. Seems like a better model than the ad-block arms race anyway.