The hardest part is that the communities that feel like old HN or old forums probably exist but theres no discovery mechanism for them anymore. Everything funnels through 5 platforms and if youre not on one of those you basically dont exist. Some of the most interesting conversations ive had recently have been on smaller protocol-level communities where theres no algorithm deciding what gets seen
Yeah, and how does someone get an invite / stumble into such communities nowadays?
Discoverability has always been something of a problem but nowadays it feels worse than ever. There's just way too much stuff trying to grab our attention
