User:Ms7821/Why forums suck

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Feature masturbation (see also: Google Wave)

  • Wiki/pastebin better for collaboration
  • IRC/jabber better for informal chat
  • Email better for discussion
  • 4chan better for image macros

Maintenance overhead

  • Pointless posting encouraged, so more staff needed to keep overview
  • Moving threads, keeping OT, managing boards is all overhead

Lack of support

  • No widely used, secure, feature-complete software
  • Crap search

Doesn't replace email

  • If linked to email, just use mailing list manager
  • Otherwise, requires web access and will die out immediately
  • Which boards should people subscribe to?
  • Mental overhead/bad pattern fit