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Internet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. (www.xataka.com)
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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

From your stats, it's clear that the first fall was caused by Facebook and smartphones.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    Yes, the uprise of social media was a big hit in traffic.

    But I disagree with the smartphone part, quite the opposite. Suddenly the forum was flooded with questions about HTML/CSS/JS issues with smartphones. I suspect that smartphones delayed the drop in postings.

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