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Thank you! I feel like I'm the only person who lived through that time. Having everything on one site was way simpler, reddit sucks but that doesn't mean the concept does.
I do not miss having to sign up for a specific forum, wait for the email, no email, check spam folder, no email, 15 mins later email shows up in spam, go to post, "sorry you can't make a post without interacting with at least 5 other posts", post random shit on 5 other posts, finally get to post, "this question has been answered. Post archived "
I still see a legacy of that when a forum for game modding requires you create an account to download.
Another factor, is...
Well, Especially for users in large communities, or those with lots of interests, they will end up on LOTS of forums.
And, that turns into either, a lot of notifications, or a lot of ignored interactions due to the number of notifications.
The last thing people don't seem to remember, half of the damn forums wanting to put damn ads everywhere.