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Originally Posted by sdp
Forums were already an archaic dead format of interaction
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Originally Posted by TigerClaw
Most of the TMNT fandom is far beyond this forum, Many are found on social media, Reddit and even Discord.
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Which I hate, because much of those are far more catered to very casual 'fans' of something with the knowledge and attention span of a flea, and the kind of discussion that forums used to be good for is practically dead. (Though I don't fault newbies who just haven't learned a lot yet, but are interested beyond one iteration that brought them in and are eagerly catching up.) The Reddit sub has become one I commonly browse, but it's hard to have discussions with many rather clueless users or who are now used to making short comments and nothing further. Or are newbie teens intent on turning TMNT into Gen Z BS against canon and the history of the characters and can't deal with disagreement because they seem to forget that they aren't the only people online.
Social media has really molded people to the habit of making a simple comment (be it thoughtful, helpful, funny, or bitchy) then move on, rather than having deeper discussion (where applicable), or none at all. Too sad really. I guess thinking is too hard now. Discussing the nuances of something, even just for the fun of it, seems to be gone and miss it.