2013-12-09, 07:59 AM
Sardines Wrote:[11/24/13 2:38:23 AM] Fafnir: You realize that forums are obsolete.
[11/24/13 2:38:39 AM] Fafnir: Or are becoming secondary to tumblr and more ancillary resource sites.
[11/24/13 2:38:56 AM] Fafnir: That function primarily as resource buckets and secondarily as a thought/comment section.
[11/24/13 2:42:40 AM] Fafnir: In forums, new blood usually opens discussions.
[11/24/13 2:43:14 AM] Fafnir: They are more likely to ask what most people take as obvious and open topics to more veteran people who have already seen or browsed a lot of similar topics already.
[11/24/13 2:43:38 AM] Fafnir: However, new contemporary users now don't see the internet like we did, or maybe as I did.
[11/24/13 2:44:08 AM] Fafnir: As a place where you could not only enjoy what other people contributed but also share your own ideas and be a part of something greater through individual contribution.
[11/24/13 2:45:24 AM] Fafnir: Contemporary users came when tumblr and tweeting were established, both resources that are used for orienting personal resources and thought mongering rather than having a concern about contribution to some greater whole.
[11/24/13 2:47:50 AM] Fafnir: When you go to a social thread and see the most popular thread is the picture thread it shows you how little people care about thoughts and how much they care about aesthetics.
[11/24/13 2:48:22 AM] Fafnir: At some point you realize that people don't use sites to be enriched, they just use it to serve themselves.
[11/24/13 2:49:00 AM] Fafnir: And right now people don't care as much about the enlightening as they do about what Khainiwest looks like in real life.
The potential for vanity in everyone had always existed and probably have never changed. The values that new blood grew up with are different than veteran users and have different priorities and focus. For them, the newer social media is simply the best tool to indulge their unique perspective while the older generation had their own ways. Forums still serve their purpose for discussion and community focus for new and old.
Also, pictures are popular because they are a quick and easily consumable medium to spread an idea, and it's not really anything new or bad. If anything, to be able to convey an idea with just a picture can provoke more thought and interpretation and may in turn create more discussion.
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But anyway, to the original topic:
Nothing.