Maybe not the masses but enough spammers, scammers, and a generally less "restra...

ghaff on Nov 19, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: As internet forums die off, finding community can ...

Maybe not the masses but enough spammers, scammers, and a generally less "restrained" set of users so as to really degrade it. And then, of course, the "old Internet" mostly went away and DejaNews and then Google didn't do it any favors.